Minor mag. 2.7 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 25 km northeast of Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan, on Monday, Jul 4, 2022 at 8:43 am (GMT +9) -
Minor magnitude 2.7 earthquake at 86 km depth
3 Jul 23:49 UTC: First to report: NIED after 6 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jul 3, 2022 23:43:05 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Monday, Jul 4, 2022 at 8:43 am (GMT +9) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 2.7 |
| Depth | 86.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 39.406°N / 142.105°E  (North Pacific Ocean, Japan) |
| Antipode | 39.406°S / 37.895°W |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Primary data source | NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) |
| Nearest volcano | Iwate (106 km / 66 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 15 km (9 mi) ESE of Yamada (Shimohei-gun) (pop: 20,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 18 km (11 mi) ENE of Ōtsuchi (Kamihei-gun) (pop: 16,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 25 km (15 mi) NE of Kamaishi (pop: 43,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 30 km (19 mi) SSE of Miyako (pop: 51,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 50 km (31 mi) NE of Ofunato (pop: 35,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 50 km (31 mi) ENE of Tōno (pop: 26,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 88 km (55 mi) ESE of Morioka (pop: 295,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 465 km (289 mi) NNE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  22.8°C (73 F), humidity: 77%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from WNW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 7.1 x 108 joules (197 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.169 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 2.7 | 86 km | Japan: E OFF IWATE PREF | NIED |
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