Minor mag. 2.9 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 46 km southwest of Tateyama, Chiba, Japan, on Tuesday, Jun 28, 2022 at 4:24 am (GMT +9) -
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Minor magnitude 2.9 earthquake at 234 km depth
27 Jun 19:33 UTC: First to report: NIED after 8 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jun 27, 2022 19:24:43 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Tuesday, Jun 28, 2022 at 4:24 am (GMT +9) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 2.9 |
| Depth | 233.9 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 34.619°N / 139.62°E  (North Pacific Ocean, Japan) |
| Antipode | 34.619°S / 40.38°W |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Primary data source | NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) |
| Nearest volcano | Oshima (23 km / 14 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 46 km (29 mi) SSW of Tateyama (pop: 50,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 62 km (39 mi) SE of Itō (pop: 71,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 74 km (46 mi) S of Yokosuka (pop: 429,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 77 km (48 mi) S of Kamakura (pop: 166,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 82 km (51 mi) SSE of Chigasaki (pop: 231,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 82 km (51 mi) S of Fujisawa (pop: 394,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 91 km (56 mi) S of Yokohama (pop: 3,574,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 119 km (74 mi) S of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 50 km (31 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: 9 m/s (17 kts) from WSW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.4 x 109 joules (392 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.338 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 2.9 | 234 km | Japan: NEAR IZU-OSHIMA ISLAND | NIED |
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