World Earthquake Report for Wednesday, 1 March 2023
Thu, 2 Mar 2023, 00:24 00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 2 Mar 2023
Global seismic activity level on 1 March 2023: HIGH
Magnitude 6+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 5+: 6 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 37 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 116 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 377 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 4 x 1014 joules (111 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 95643 tons of TNT or 6 atomic bombs!) learn more
10 largest earthquakes in the world (1 Mar 2023)
#1: Mag 6.5 Bismarck Sea, 109 km northwest of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 3:36 pm (GMT +10) -
#2: Mag 5.6 87 km southeast of Padang, Sumatra Barat, Indonesia
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 6:05 am (GMT +7) -
#3: Mag 5.4 North Pacific Ocean, 172 km southeast of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 5:28 am (GMT +10) -
#4: Mag 5.1 South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 10:54 am (GMT -2) -
#5: Mag 5.0 North Pacific Ocean, Russia
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 5:29 am (GMT +10) -
#6: Mag 5.0 North Pacific Ocean, 65 km northeast of Futami, Tokyo, Japan
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 10:59 pm (GMT +9) -
#7: Mag 5.0 South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 11:58 pm (GMT +13) -
#8: Mag 4.9 South Pacific Ocean, Bay of Plenty, 763 km north of Gisborne, New Zealand
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 4:34 am (GMT +13) -
#9: Mag 4.8 41 km northwest of Shillong, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 1:09 pm (GMT +5:30) -
#10: Mag 4.7 Sulu Sea, 46 km southwest of Bayawan, Philippines
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 11:14 pm (GMT +8) -
Earthquakes reported felt
#1: Mag 3.5 1.4 km northeast of Riohacha, La Guajira, Colombia - 32 reports
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 4:12 pm (GMT -5) -
#2: Mag 4.3 Armenia, 76 km southwest of Tbilisi, K'alak'i T'bilisi, Georgia - 22 reports
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 2:52 pm (GMT +4) -
#3: Mag 4.7 12 km northwest of Antioch, Antakya İlçesi, Hatay, Turkey - 20 reports
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 10:20 am (GMT +3) -
#4: Mag 2.6 21 km southeast of Chur, Region Plessur, Canton Grisons, Switzerland - 17 reports
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 10:02 pm (GMT +1) -
#5: Mag 2.7 27 mi west of Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington, USA - 12 reports
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 3:35 am (GMT -8) -
#6: Mag 4.7 Sulu Sea, 46 km southwest of Bayawan, Philippines - 12 reports
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 11:14 pm (GMT +8) -#7: Mag 5.6 87 km southeast of Padang, Sumatra Barat, Indonesia - 8 reports
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 6:05 am (GMT +7) -#8: Mag 3.4 13 mi southwest of Clearlake, Lake County, California, USA - 5 reports
Tuesday, Feb 28, 2023 at 11:09 pm (GMT -8) -
#9: Mag 4.8 41 km northwest of Shillong, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India - 5 reports
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 1:09 pm (GMT +5:30) -#10: Mag 2.1 2.2 mi east of Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, USA - 5 reports
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 4:37 am (GMT -8) -
#11: Mag 3.4 26 km northwest of Fethiye, Muğla, Turkey - 4 reports
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 1:00 pm (GMT +3) -
#12: Mag 4.0 44 mi south of Homer, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA - 3 reports
Tuesday, Feb 28, 2023 at 8:57 pm (GMT -9) -
#13: Mag 4.3 North Pacific Ocean, 63 km south of San Salvador, El Salvador - 3 reports
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 12:44 pm (GMT -6) -
#14: Mag 4.2 18 km northwest of Gaziantep, Turkey - 3 reports
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 7:38 pm (GMT +3) -
#15: Mag 2.7 25 km east of Patras, Achaea, Western Greece - 3 reports
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 5:57 pm (GMT +2) -
#16: Mag 4.7 South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand - 2 reports
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 7:02 pm (GMT +12) -
#17: Mag 6.5 Bismarck Sea, 109 km northwest of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea - 2 reports
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 3:36 pm (GMT +10) -#18: Mag 3.6 Gaziantep, 32 km south of Kahramanmaraş, Turkey - 2 reports
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 9:04 pm (GMT +3) -
#19: Mag 3.1 80 km east of Salamiyah, Hama, Syria - 2 reports
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 10:04 pm (GMT +3) -
#20: Mag 3.0 6.9 km west of Antioch, Antakya İlçesi, Hatay, Turkey - 2 reports
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 2:00 pm (GMT +3) -
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Previous news
Wed, 1 Mar 2023, 23:19
Significant magnitude 5.7 quake hits 88 km southeast of Padang, Indonesia early morning
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake near Padang, Sumatra Barat, Indonesia, was reported only 13 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a moderately shallow depth of 47 km beneath the epicenter early morning on Thursday, March 2nd, 2023, at 6:05 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report. ... Read all
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