Minor mag. 2.5 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 60 km east of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan, on Friday, Jul 1, 2022 at 6:10 pm (GMT +9) -
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Minor magnitude 2.5 earthquake at 42 km depth
1 Jul 09:17 UTC: First to report: NIED after 7 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jul 1, 2022 09:10:17 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Friday, Jul 1, 2022 at 6:10 pm (GMT +9) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 2.5 |
| Depth | 41.9 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 38.217°N / 141.934°E  (North Pacific Ocean, Japan) |
| Antipode | 38.217°S / 38.066°W |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Primary data source | NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) |
| Nearest volcano | Narugo (119 km / 74 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 60 km (37 mi) ESE of Ishinomaki (pop: 117,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 67 km (42 mi) ESE of Yamoto (Higashimatsushima) (pop: 32,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 78 km (49 mi) ESE of Matsushima (pop: 16,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 79 km (49 mi) ESE of Wakuya (Tōda Gun) (pop: 18,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 79 km (49 mi) E of Schiogama (pop: 59,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 93 km (58 mi) E of Sendai (pop: 1,063,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 94 km (58 mi) ESE of Furukawa (pop: 76,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 345 km (214 mi) NE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 46 km (29 mi) E of Tashiro Jima Island (pop: 100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Clear Sky  24.3°C (76 F), humidity: 85%, wind: 4 m/s (7 kts) from WSW |
| 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 | 42 km | Japan: E OFF MIYAGI PREF | NIED |
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