Weak mag. 2.5 earthquake - Philippine Sea, 45 km southeast of Shimoda, Prefectura de Shizuoka, Japan, on Friday, May 27, 2022 at 6:43 am (GMT +9) -
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Weak magnitude 2.5 earthquake at 20 km depth
26 May 21:50 UTC: First to report: NIED after 7 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 26, 2022 21:43:16 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Friday, May 27, 2022 at 6:43 am (GMT +9) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 2.5 |
| Depth | 20.4 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 34.342°N / 139.221°E  (Philippine Sea, Japan) |
| Antipode | 34.342°S / 40.779°W |
| Shaking intensity | Very weak shaking |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) |
| Nearest volcano | Nii-jima (7 km / 4 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 45 km (28 mi) SE of Shimoda (pop: 26,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 71 km (44 mi) S of Itō (pop: 71,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 84 km (52 mi) S of Atami (pop: 40,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 90 km (56 mi) SSE of Numazu (pop: 204,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 91 km (56 mi) SSE of san dao (pop: 113,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 93 km (58 mi) SW of Tateyama (pop: 50,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 105 km (65 mi) SE of Shizuoka (pop: 701,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 156 km (97 mi) SSW of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 2 km (1 mi) NNE of Shikine-jima Island (pop: 600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Light Rain  20.3°C (69 F), humidity: 93%, wind: 13 m/s (25 kts) from SSE |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 3.5 x 108 joules (98.6 kilowatt hours) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 2.5 | 20 km | Japan: NEAR NIIJIMA ISLAND | NIED |
User reports for this quake
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