World Earthquake Report for Thursday, 2 March 2023
Fri, 3 Mar 2023, 00:24 00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 3 Mar 2023
Global seismic activity level on 2 March 2023: HIGH
Magnitude 6+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 5+: 9 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 34 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 115 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 316 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 4.3 x 1014 joules (119 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1 x 105 tons of TNT or 6.4 atomic bombs!) learn more
10 largest earthquakes in the world (2 Mar 2023)
#1: Mag 6.5 Coral Sea, 86 km west of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 5:04 am (GMT +11) -#2: Mag 5.8 North Pacific Ocean, 60 km southeast of Juchitan de Zaragoza, Oaxaca, Mexico
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 10:40 pm (GMT -6) -#3: Mag 5.4 88 km northwest of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 5:11 am (GMT +11) -#4: Mag 5.2 South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 3:42 am (GMT -2) -#5: Mag 5.2 North Pacific Ocean, 59 km southeast of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 4:14 pm (GMT +10) -#6: Mag 5.1 Philippine Sea, 186 km south of Itō, Prefectura de Shizuoka, Japan
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 3:47 pm (GMT +9) -#7: Mag 5.0 77 km northwest of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 7:55 am (GMT +11) -#8: Mag 5.0 Coral Sea, Solomon Islands
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 7:00 am (GMT +11) -#9: Mag 5.0 South Pacific Ocean, 722 km northeast of Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 5:43 am (GMT +12) -#10: Mag 5.0 Coral Sea, 63 km west of Port-Olry, Sanma Province, Vanuatu
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 5:33 am (GMT +11) -Earthquakes reported felt
#1: Mag 5.8 North Pacific Ocean, 60 km southeast of Juchitan de Zaragoza, Oaxaca, Mexico - 168 reports
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 10:40 pm (GMT -6) -#2: Mag 3.4 20 km northwest of Kalamata, Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece - 36 reports
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 5:44 pm (GMT +2) -#3: Mag 4.4 27 km north of Puntarenas, Costa Rica - 35 reports
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 10:50 am (GMT -6) -#4: Mag 3.8 Odisha, 23 km west of Pārvatipuram, India - 14 reports
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 5:05 am (GMT +5:30) -#5: Mag 4.9 27 km south of Yilan, Taiwan - 13 reports
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 12:48 am (GMT +8) -#6: Mag 4.8 Sulu Sea, 43 km southwest of Bayawan, Philippines - 13 reports
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 10:32 pm (GMT +8) -#7: Mag 3.0 12 km southwest of Dhekiajuli, Sonitpur, Assam, India - 10 reports
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 11:41 pm (GMT +5:30) -#8: Mag 5.2 North Pacific Ocean, 59 km southeast of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia - 3 reports
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 4:14 pm (GMT +10) -#9: Mag 3.4 38 km west of Kalamata, Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece - 3 reports
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 9:10 am (GMT +2) -#10: Mag 3.6 24 mi north of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA - 3 reports
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 1:16 pm (GMT -8) -#11: Mag 2.4 5.5 km northeast of Patras, Achaea, Western Greece - 2 reports
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 4:27 pm (GMT +2) -#12: Mag 6.5 Coral Sea, 86 km west of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu - 2 reports
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 5:04 am (GMT +11) -#13: Mag 4.1 27 km south of Yilan, Taiwan - 2 reports
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 7:25 pm (GMT +8) -#14: Mag 2.8 4.4 mi north of Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado, USA - 2 reports
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 2:09 am (GMT -7) -#15: Mag 4.9 Bay of Bengal - 2 reports
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 5:36 am (GMT +6) -Earthquake stats
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