Minor mag. 2.8 earthquake - 8.8 km east of Oyama, Prefectura de Tochigi, Japan, on Sunday, Jul 3, 2022 at 3:36 pm (GMT +9) -
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Minor magnitude 2.8 earthquake at 69 km depth
3 Jul 06:43 UTC: First to report: NIED after 6 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jul 3, 2022 06:36:43 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Sunday, Jul 3, 2022 at 3:36 pm (GMT +9) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 2.8 |
| Depth | 68.5 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 36.323°N / 139.894°E  (Oyama-shi, Prefectura de Tochigi, Japan) |
| Antipode | 36.323°S / 40.106°W |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Primary data source | NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) |
| Nearest volcano | Nantai (61 km / 38 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 3 km (2 mi) NNE of Yūki (Ibaraki) (pop: 51,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 8 km (5 mi) WNW of Shimodate (Ibaraki) (pop: 63,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 9 km (5 mi) ENE of Oyama (Tochigi) (pop: 159,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 16 km (10 mi) ESE of Tochigi (pop: 82,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 16 km (10 mi) SW of Mooka (Tochigi) (pop: 65,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 27 km (17 mi) S of Utsunomiya (Tochigi) (pop: 449,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 51 km (32 mi) NNE of Saitama (pop: 1,193,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 73 km (45 mi) NNE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Light Rain  28°C (82 F), humidity: 38%, wind: 3 m/s (6 kts) from WSW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1 x 109 joules (278 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.239 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 2.8 | 69 km | Japan: SOUTHERN TOCHIGI PREF | NIED |
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