Minor mag. 3.6 earthquake - 31 km west of Utsunomiya, Prefectura de Tochigi, Japan, on Thursday, Jun 30, 2022 at 10:18 pm (GMT +9) -
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Minor magnitude 3.6 earthquake at 110 km depth
30 Jun 13:25 UTC: First to report: NIED after 6 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jun 30, 2022 13:18:48 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Thursday, Jun 30, 2022 at 10:18 pm (GMT +9) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.6 |
| Depth | 110.2 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 36.66°N / 139.561°E  (Nikko-shi, Prefectura de Tochigi, Japan) |
| Antipode | 36.66°S / 40.439°W |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Primary data source | NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) |
| Nearest volcano | Nantai (13 km / 8 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 11 km (7 mi) SSW of Nikkō (Nikko, Tochigi) (pop: 16,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 13 km (8 mi) WSW of Imaichi (Tochigi) (pop: 64,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 20 km (12 mi) NW of Kanuma (Tochigi) (pop: 94,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 31 km (19 mi) WNW of Utsunomiya (Tochigi) (pop: 449,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 34 km (21 mi) NNW of Tochigi (pop: 82,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 38 km (23 mi) NNE of Ashikaga (Tochigi) (pop: 159,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 84 km (52 mi) N of Saitama (pop: 1,193,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 109 km (67 mi) N of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Broken Clouds  23.8°C (75 F), humidity: 73%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from N |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.6 x 1010 joules (4.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 3.79 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.6 | 110 km | Japan: NORTHERN TOCHIGI PREF | NIED |
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