Weak mag. 3.1 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 43 km southeast of Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan, on Friday, Jul 1, 2022 at 5:57 pm (GMT +10) -
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Weak magnitude 3.1 earthquake at 49 km depth
1 Jul 08:04 UTC: First to report: NIED after 7 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jul 1, 2022 07:57:16 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Friday, Jul 1, 2022 at 5:57 pm (GMT +10) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.1 |
| Depth | 49.1 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 43.093°N / 146.001°E  (North Pacific Ocean, Japan) |
| Antipode | 43.093°S / 33.999°W |
| Shaking intensity | Very weak shaking |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) |
| Nearest volcano | Golovnin (92 km / 57 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 43 km (27 mi) SE of Nemuro (pop: 31,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 94 km (59 mi) SE of Shibetsu (pop: 21,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 98 km (61 mi) SW of Shikotan (Russia) (pop: 2,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 105 km (65 mi) S of Yuzhno-Kurilsk (Russia) (pop: 6,470) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 133 km (83 mi) E of Kushiro (pop: 183,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 174 km (108 mi) SE of Abashiri (pop: 42,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 174 km (108 mi) ESE of Motomachi (Abashiri District) (pop: 23,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 985 km (612 mi) NNE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 99 km (61 mi) SW of Shikotan Island (pop: 2,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 118 km (73 mi) S of Kunajiri Island (pop: 7,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Few Clouds  13.8°C (57 F), humidity: 88%, wind: 5 m/s (9 kts) from SSW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 2.8 x 109 joules (783 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.674 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.1 | 49 km | Japan: OFF NEMURO PENINSULA | NIED |
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