Weak mag. 3.2 earthquake - 16 km northwest of Miyako, Iwate, Japan, on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 12:57 am (GMT +9) -
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Weak magnitude 3.2 earthquake at 58 km depth
25 May 16:04 UTC: First to report: NIED after 6 minutes.
Earthquake details
Date & time | May 25, 2022 15:57:43 UTC - |
Local time at epicenter | Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 12:57 am (GMT +9) |
Status | Confirmed |
Magnitude | 3.2 |
Depth | 57.7 km |
Epicenter latitude / longitude | 39.764°N / 141.837°E ![]() |
Antipode | 39.764°S / 38.163°W |
Shaking intensity | Very weak shaking |
Felt | 0 reports |
Primary data source | NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) |
Nearest volcano | Iwate (72 km / 45 mi) |
Nearby towns and cities | 10 km (6 mi) SSE of Iwaizumi (pop: 8,990) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 16 km (10 mi) NW of Miyako (pop: 51,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 34 km (21 mi) NNW of Yamada (Shimohei-gun) (pop: 20,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 45 km (28 mi) N of Ōtsuchi (Kamihei-gun) (pop: 16,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 54 km (34 mi) N of Kamaishi (pop: 43,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 59 km (37 mi) E of Morioka (pop: 295,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 147 km (91 mi) E of Akita (pop: 320,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 491 km (305 mi) NNE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Clear Sky ![]() |
Estimated seismic energy released | 4 x 109 joules (1.11 megawatt hours, equivalent to 0.951 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
3.2 | 58 km | Japan: NORTHERN IWATE PREF | NIED |
User reports for this quake
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900
Date and time GMT![]() | Mag Depth | Distance | Location | Details |
Mar 11, 2011 05:46 11 years ago | 9.1 29 km | 170km / 105mi | 69 km E of Kasakai-jima Island, Japan | More |
Mar 2, 1933 17:31 89 years ago | 8.4 15 km | 244km / 152mi | 233 km E of Miyako, Iwate, Japan | More |
Sep 25, 2003 19:50 19 years ago | 8.2 27 km | 287km / 178mi | 135 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan | More |
May 16, 1968 00:49 54 years ago | 8.2 30 km | 182km / 113mi | 227 km E of Aomori, Japan | More |
Mar 20, 1960 17:07 62 years ago | 8.0 15 km | 119km / 74mi | 113 km E of Miyako, Iwate, Japan | More |
May 16, 1968 10:39 54 years ago | 7.9 25 km | 205km / 127mi | 138 km E of Mutsu, Aomori, Japan | More |
Dec 28, 1994 12:19 28 years ago | 7.8 27 km | 159km / 99mi | 162 km E of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan | More |
Mar 9, 1931 03:49 91 years ago | 7.8 35 km | 102km / 63mi | 76 km E of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan | More |
Mar 11, 2011 06:25 11 years ago | 7.7 19 km | 305km / 189mi | 290 km E of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan | More |
Jun 12, 1978 08:14 44 years ago | 7.7 44 km | 176km / 109mi | 46 km SE of Kasakai-jima Island, Japan | More |
Jun 16, 1964 04:01 58 years ago | 7.6 15 km | 267km / 166mi | 25 km NW of Murakami, Niigata, Japan | More |
Aug 9, 1901 18:33 121 years ago | 7.5 0 km | 186km / 116mi | 180 km E of Miyako, Iwate, Japan | More |
Sep 25, 2003 21:08 19 years ago | 7.4 33 km | 268km / 167mi | 131 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan | More |
Nov 1, 1989 18:25 33 years ago | 7.4 29 km | 79km / 49mi | 73 km E of Miyako, Iwate, Japan | More |
May 26, 1983 02:59 39 years ago | 7.4 24 km | 245km / 152mi | 83 km W of Noshiro, Akita, Japan | More |
Mar 16, 2022 14:36 16 weeks ago | 7.3 63 km | 230km / 143mi | North Pacific Ocean, 89 km SE of Sendai, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan | More |
Dec 7, 2012 08:18 10 years ago | 7.3 36 km | 286km / 178mi | North Pacific Ocean, 462 km NE of Tokyo, Japan | More |
Mar 9, 2011 02:45 11 years ago | 7.3 32 km | 171km / 106mi | 414 km NE of Tokyo, Japan | More |
Apr 12, 1962 00:52 60 years ago | 7.3 28 km | 211km / 131mi | 378 km NE of Tokyo, Japan | More |
Aug 16, 2005 02:46 17 years ago | 7.2 36 km | 166km / 103mi | 42 km E of Kasakai-jima Island, Japan | More |
Feb 10, 1945 04:57 77 years ago | 7.2 59 km | 143km / 89mi | 76 km NE of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan | More |
Jun 13, 1943 05:11 79 years ago | 7.2 35 km | 184km / 115mi | 218 km E of Aomori, Japan | More |
Nov 2, 1936 20:45 86 years ago | 7.2 35 km | 174km / 108mi | 63 km E of Kasakai-jima Island, Japan | More |
Jun 18, 1933 21:37 89 years ago | 7.2 30 km | 195km / 121mi | 110 km E of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan | More |
May 27, 1928 09:50 94 years ago | 7.2 35 km | 86km / 53mi | 81 km NE of Miyako, Iwate, Japan | More |
Feb 13, 2021 14:07 1 year 20 weeks ago | 7.1 56 km | 227km / 141mi | North Pacific Ocean, 88 km SE of Sendai, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan | More |
Apr 7, 2011 14:32 11 years ago | 7.1 42 km | 167km / 104mi | Oki-sannō-jima, 30 km SE of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan | More |
Aug 2, 1971 07:24 51 years ago | 7.1 55 km | 227km / 141mi | 134 km SE of Shizunai-furukawachō, Hidaka-gun, Hokkaido, Japan | More |
Oct 18, 1935 00:12 87 years ago | 7.1 15 km | 192km / 120mi | 251 km E of Morioka, Iwate, Japan | More |
Mar 20, 2021 09:09 1 year 15 weeks ago | 7.0 44 km | 142km / 88mi | 16 km NE of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan | More |
Jul 10, 2011 00:57 11 years ago | 7.0 23 km | 229km / 142mi | 411 km NE of Tokyo, Japan | More |
Jul 19, 2008 02:39 14 years ago | 7.0 22 km | 248km / 154mi | 306 km NE of Tokyo, Japan | More |
Oct 31, 2003 01:06 19 years ago | 7.0 10 km | 227km / 141mi | 134 km SE of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan | More |
May 26, 2003 09:24 19 years ago | 7.0 68 km | 104km / 65mi | Kesennuma Shi, Honshu-miyagi-ken, 38 km E of Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan | More |
Jan 6, 1995 22:37 28 years ago | 7.0 27 km | 61km / 38mi | 64 km SE of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan | More |
Jun 12, 1968 13:41 54 years ago | 7.0 32 km | 110km / 68mi | 98 km E of Miyako, Iwate, Japan | More |
May 7, 1964 07:58 58 years ago | 7.0 20 km | 252km / 157mi | 91 km W of Noshiro, Akita, Japan | More |
Mar 23, 1960 00:23 62 years ago | 7.0 15 km | 127km / 79mi | 118 km E of Miyako, Iwate, Japan | More |
Oct 10, 1939 18:31 83 years ago | 7.0 20 km | 174km / 108mi | 436 km NE of Tokyo, Japan | More |
May 1, 1939 05:58 83 years ago | 7.0 10 km | 185km / 115mi | 25 km W of Tennō, Katagami, Akita, Japan | More |
Oct 12, 1935 16:45 87 years ago | 7.0 15 km | 134km / 83mi | 132 km NE of Miyako, Iwate, Japan | More |
Jun 13, 2008 23:43 14 years ago | 6.9 7.8 km | 116km / 72mi | Ichinoseki-shi, 25 km SW of Mizusawa, Ōshū-shi, Iwate, Japan | More |
Jul 18, 1992 08:36 30 years ago | 6.9 29 km | 134km / 83mi | 122 km E of Miyako, Iwate, Japan | More |
Oct 29, 1989 05:25 33 years ago | 6.9 9.6 km | 130km / 81mi | 120 km E of Miyako, Iwate, Japan | More |
Jan 18, 1981 18:17 41 years ago | 6.9 33 km | 148km / 92mi | 129 km E of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan | More |
May 1, 2021 01:27 1 year 9 weeks ago | 6.8 61 km | 175km / 109mi | North Pacific Ocean, 36 km SE of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan | More |
May 12, 2015 21:13 7 years ago | 6.8 53 km | 94km / 59mi | North Pacific Ocean, 25 km SE of Ofunato, Ōfunato-shi, Iwate, Japan | More |
Sep 11, 2008 00:20 14 years ago | 6.8 25 km | 286km / 178mi | 123 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan | More |
Jul 23, 2008 15:26 14 years ago | 6.8 108 km | 32km / 20mi | 29 km NE of Morioka, Iwate, Japan | More |
Feb 16, 2015 23:06 7 years ago | 6.7 24 km | 93km / 58mi | North Pacific Ocean, 87 km E of Miyako, Iwate, Japan | More |
Sep 16, 2011 19:26 11 years ago | 6.7 30 km | 98km / 61mi | 100 km NE of Miyako, Iwate, Japan | More |
Jun 22, 2011 21:50 11 years ago | 6.7 33 km | 38km / 24mi | 41 km NE of Miyako, Iwate, Japan | More |
Mar 11, 2011 06:08 11 years ago | 6.7 2.8 km | 159km / 99mi | 489 km NE of Tokyo, Japan | More |
Jun 21, 1983 06:25 39 years ago | 6.7 9.9 km | 291km / 181mi | 96 km S of Okushiri Island, Hokkaido, Japan | More |
Mar 11, 2011 11:36 11 years ago | 6.6 26 km | 79km / 49mi | 51 km E of Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan | More |
Jan 9, 1987 06:14 36 years ago | 6.6 68 km | 20km / 12mi | Shimohei-gun, 36 km NW of Miyako, Iwate, Japan | More |
Jun 18, 2019 13:22 3 years ago | 6.5 10 km | 244km / 152mi | 37 km W of Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan | More |
Mar 12, 2011 01:47 11 years ago | 6.5 20 km | 251km / 156mi | 338 km NE of Tokyo, Japan | More |
Mar 9, 2011 21:24 11 years ago | 6.5 15 km | 184km / 114mi | 401 km NE of Tokyo, Japan | More |
Mar 14, 2010 08:08 12 years ago | 6.5 32 km | 226km / 140mi | 60 km NE of Namie, Futaba-gun, Fukushima, Japan | More |
Dec 2, 2005 13:13 17 years ago | 6.5 29 km | 188km / 117mi | 81 km SE of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan | More |
Dec 2, 2001 13:01 21 years ago | 6.5 124 km | 76km / 47mi | 3.2 km NW of Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan | More |
Jan 1, 1995 06:59 28 years ago | 6.5 15 km | 179km / 111mi | 174 km E of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan | More |
Aug 7, 1993 19:42 29 years ago | 6.5 14 km | 299km / 186mi | 37 km SE of Okushiri Island, Hokkaido, Japan | More |
Aug 12, 1985 03:49 37 years ago | 6.5 52 km | 222km / 138mi | 83 km SE of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan | More |
Apr 30, 1983 14:03 39 years ago | 6.5 30 km | 250km / 155mi | 167 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan | More |
Dec 6, 1970 20:20 52 years ago | 6.5 40 km | 276km / 172mi | 133 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan | More |
Apr 19, 2020 20:39 2 years ago | 6.4 53 km | 97km / 60mi | North Pacific Ocean, 29 km SE of Ofunato, Ōfunato-shi, Iwate, Japan | More |
Mar 22, 2011 09:44 11 years ago | 6.4 13 km | 137km / 85mi | 130 km E of Miyako, Iwate, Japan | More |
Jun 5, 2009 03:30 13 years ago | 6.4 29 km | 266km / 165mi | 123 km S of Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan | More |
Nov 3, 2002 03:37 20 years ago | 6.4 39 km | 98km / 61mi | 31 km SE of Ofunato, Ōfunato-shi, Iwate, Japan | More |
Aug 13, 2001 20:11 21 years ago | 6.4 38 km | 148km / 92mi | 91 km NE of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan | More |
Dec 28, 1994 22:37 28 years ago | 6.4 10.5 km | 168km / 104mi | 181 km E of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan | More |
Apr 8, 1994 01:10 28 years ago | 6.4 13 km | 183km / 114mi | 185 km E of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan | More |
Jul 18, 1992 10:20 30 years ago | 6.4 27 km | 108km / 67mi | 96 km E of Miyako, Iwate, Japan | More |
Oct 27, 1989 01:45 33 years ago | 6.4 9.1 km | 159km / 99mi | 201 km E of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan | More |
Mar 28, 1985 16:07 37 years ago | 6.4 166 km | 140km / 87mi | Kitaakita-shi, 17 km W of Ōdate, Akita, Japan | More |
Jan 22, 1981 19:34 41 years ago | 6.4 20 km | 187km / 116mi | 122 km E of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan | More |
Feb 20, 1979 06:32 43 years ago | 6.4 10 km | 167km / 104mi | 226 km E of Morioka, Iwate, Japan | More |
Sep 24, 1971 01:10 51 years ago | 6.4 22 km | 139km / 87mi | 127 km E of Miyako, Iwate, Japan | More |
Sep 14, 1970 09:44 52 years ago | 6.4 49 km | 120km / 75mi | 96 km NE of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan | More |
Dec 20, 2020 17:23 1 year 28 weeks ago | 6.3 35 km | 137km / 85mi | North Pacific Ocean, 98 km NE of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan | More |
Aug 4, 2019 10:23 3 years ago | 6.3 49 km | 229km / 142mi | North Pacific Ocean, 53 km NE of Namie, Futaba-gun, Fukushima, Japan | More |
Feb 20, 2015 04:25 7 years ago | 6.3 16 km | 148km / 92mi | North Pacific Ocean, 141 km E of Miyako, Iwate, Japan | More |
Oct 11, 2014 02:35 8 years ago | 6.3 14 km | 179km / 111mi | North Pacific Ocean, 210 km E of Aomori, Japan | More |
Jun 17, 2012 20:32 10 years ago | 6.3 36 km | 94km / 58mi | North Pacific Ocean, 20 km SE of Ofunato, Ōfunato-shi, Iwate, Japan | More |
May 20, 2012 07:20 10 years ago | 6.3 11 km | 114km / 71mi | North Pacific Ocean, 105 km E of Miyako, Iwate, Japan | More |
Jul 24, 2011 18:51 11 years ago | 6.3 40 km | 230km / 143mi | 44 km NE of Namie, Futaba-gun, Fukushima, Japan | More |
Jul 23, 2011 04:34 11 years ago | 6.3 41 km | 96km / 60mi | 21 km SE of Ofunato, Ōfunato-shi, Iwate, Japan | More |
Mar 11, 2011 07:29 11 years ago | 6.3 45 km | 93km / 58mi | 50 km SE of Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan | More |
Mar 11, 2011 06:15 11 years ago | 6.3 35 km | 266km / 165mi | 443 km NE of Tokyo, Japan | More |
Mar 11, 2011 06:06 11 years ago | 6.3 43 km | 93km / 58mi | 47 km SE of Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan | More |
Mar 11, 2011 05:58 11 years ago | 6.3 51 km | 240km / 149mi | 307 km NE of Tokyo, Japan | More |
Mar 11, 2011 05:54 11 years ago | 6.3 32 km | 235km / 146mi | 30 km NE of Namie, Futaba-gun, Fukushima, Japan | More |
Jul 4, 2010 21:55 12 years ago | 6.3 27 km | 46km / 29mi | 37 km E of Miyako, Iwate, Japan | More |
Oct 3, 2000 04:13 22 years ago | 6.3 33 km | 124km / 77mi | 140 km E of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan | More |
Dec 30, 1995 12:11 27 years ago | 6.3 22 km | 168km / 105mi | 158 km E of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan | More |
Jul 6, 1988 15:54 34 years ago | 6.3 30 km | 297km / 184mi | 138 km S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan | More |
Jun 9, 1983 13:04 39 years ago | 6.3 28 km | 246km / 153mi | 86 km W of Noshiro, Akita, Japan | More |
Jun 14, 1978 11:34 44 years ago | 6.3 40 km | 167km / 104mi | 93 km E of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan | More |
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