Uploaded on February 1, 2022

Event Event time: 2022-01-22 01:08:37.5 (JST, JMA), 2022-01-21 16:08:37.3 (UTC, USGS) Location: 32.715°N, 132.072°E (JMA), 32.744°N, 132.043°E (USGS) Depth: 45km (JMA), 39km (USGS) Magnitude: Mj6.6 (JMA), Mww6.3 (USGS)

Information in our site

• Strong Ground Motions (NIED K-NET, KiK-net data) [in English]
  観測された強震動データ (防災科研K-NET, KiK-net) [in Japanese]
• Prompt report on 2022/1/22 01:08 Hyuga-nada Earthquake [in English]
  強震観測速報 (2022年1月22日01時08分日向灘の地震) [in Japanese]

Direct links

• M 6.3 - 26 km SSE of Saiki, Japan, by USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

Related institutions

• United States Geological Survey (USGS), USA
• Seismic Monitor, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)

The Generic Mapping Tools (GMT, Wessel and Smith, Eos, 79, 579, 1998) was used to make the figure of the epicenter, which is from JMA (https://www.data.jma.go.jp/svd/eqev/data/daily_map/20220122.html). The land topography and ocean bathymetry are from GEBCO Compilation Group (2020, GEBCO 2020 Grid, doi:10.5285/a29c5465-b138-234d-e053-6c86abc040b9).

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