Minor mag. 2.7 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 29 km southeast of Tateyama, Chiba, Japan, on Tuesday, Jun 28, 2022 at 2:08 am (GMT +9) -
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Minor magnitude 2.7 earthquake at 125 km depth
27 Jun 17:16 UTC: First to report: NIED after 7 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jun 27, 2022 17:08:43 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Tuesday, Jun 28, 2022 at 2:08 am (GMT +9) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 2.7 |
| Depth | 125.2 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 34.752°N / 140.004°E  (North Pacific Ocean, Japan) |
| Antipode | 34.752°S / 39.996°W |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Primary data source | NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) |
| Nearest volcano | Oshima (55 km / 34 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 29 km (18 mi) SSE of Tateyama (pop: 50,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 39 km (24 mi) SSW of Kamogawa (pop: 29,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 67 km (41 mi) SSE of Yokosuka (pop: 429,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 68 km (42 mi) S of Kimitsu (pop: 92,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 71 km (44 mi) S of Kisarazu (pop: 122,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 82 km (51 mi) SSE of Yokohama (pop: 3,574,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 95 km (59 mi) S of Chiba (pop: 919,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 108 km (67 mi) SSE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 87 km (54 mi) NE of Shikine-jima Island (pop: 600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Broken Clouds  24.4°C (76 F), humidity: 92%, wind: 10 m/s (20 kts) from WSW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 7.1 x 108 joules (197 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.169 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 2.7 | 125 km | Japan: SE OFF BOSO PENINSULA | NIED |
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