World Earthquake Report for Friday, 3 March 2023
Sat, 4 Mar 2023, 00:24 00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 4 Mar 2023
Global seismic activity level on 3 March 2023: MODERATE
Magnitude 5+: 8 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 35 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 128 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 336 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 6.5 x 1013 joules (18.1 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15556 tons of TNT or 1 atomic bombs!) learn more
10 largest earthquakes in the world (3 Mar 2023)
#1: Mag 5.6 South Atlantic Ocean
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 6:00 pm (GMT -1) -
#2: Mag 5.6 South Atlantic Ocean
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 3:53 am (GMT -1) -
#3: Mag 5.3 63 km northwest of Port-Olry, Sanma Province, Vanuatu
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 11:54 am (GMT +11) -
#4: Mag 5.2 South Pacific Ocean, 68 km west of Mollendo, Provincia de Islay, Arequipa, Peru
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 8:53 pm (GMT -5) -
#5: Mag 5.2 Solomon Sea, 125 km west of Arawa, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 8:41 pm (GMT +11) -
#6: Mag 5.2 South Atlantic Ocean
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 11:31 pm (GMT -1) -
#7: Mag 5.1 Indian Ocean, 50 km west of Benkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 7:36 am (GMT +7) -
#8: Mag 5.0 38 km northwest of Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 5:53 am (GMT +3) -
#9: Mag 4.9 64 km north of Luwuk, Kabupaten Banggai, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 9:24 pm (GMT +8) -
#10: Mag 4.6 9.6 km northeast of La Fria, Municipio Garcia de Hevia, Tachira, Venezuela
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 4:10 pm (GMT -4) -
Earthquakes reported felt
#1: Mag 4.6 9.6 km northeast of La Fria, Municipio Garcia de Hevia, Tachira, Venezuela - 37 reports
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 4:10 pm (GMT -4) -#2: Mag 5.0 38 km northwest of Kahramanmaraş, Turkey - 19 reports
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 5:53 am (GMT +3) -#3: Mag 3.5 10.5 km southeast of Whanganui, New Zealand - 8 reports
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 11:46 pm (GMT +13) -
#4: Mag 4.6 South Pacific Ocean, 43 km west of San Antonio, Region de Valparaiso, Chile - 6 reports
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 4:19 am (GMT -3) -
#5: Mag 3.5 South China Sea, 24 km southwest of Batac City, Philippines - 5 reports
Saturday, Mar 4, 2023 at 3:10 am (GMT +8) -
#6: Mag 4.5 West Coast, 45 km southwest of South Island, New Zealand - 4 reports
Saturday, Mar 4, 2023 at 5:38 am (GMT +13) -
#7: Mag 4.5 9.9 km west of Makarov, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia - 4 reports
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 11:33 pm (GMT +11) -
#8: Mag 3.1 26 km northwest of Manisa, Turkey - 3 reports
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 5:04 pm (GMT +3) -
#9: Mag 2.2 29 km northeast of Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada - 3 reports
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 7:53 pm (GMT -8) -
#10: Mag 3.4 23 km west of Antioch, Antakya İlçesi, Hatay, Turkey - 3 reports
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 10:34 pm (GMT +3) -
#11: Mag 5.6 South Atlantic Ocean - 3 reports
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 6:00 pm (GMT -1) -#12: Mag 2.0 51 mi south of Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA - 2 reports
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 4:37 am (GMT -6) -
#13: Mag 5.2 South Pacific Ocean, 68 km west of Mollendo, Provincia de Islay, Arequipa, Peru - 2 reports
Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 at 8:53 pm (GMT -5) -#14: Mag 4.3 South Pacific Ocean, 45 km west of Chiclayo, Lambayeque, Peru - 2 reports
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 2:39 pm (GMT -5) -
#15: Mag 3.9 Caribbean Sea, 15 km north of La Ceiba, Departamento de Atlantida, Honduras - 2 reports
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 7:17 am (GMT -6) -
#16: Mag 4.1 South Pacific Ocean, 291 km northeast of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand - 2 reports
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 10:10 pm (GMT +12) -
#17: Mag 3.5 11 km north of Khvoy, West Azerbaijan, Iran - 2 reports
Saturday, Mar 4, 2023 at 2:47 am (GMT +3:30) -
#18: Mag 4.0 39 km northwest of Kahramanmaraş, Turkey - 2 reports
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 7:39 am (GMT +3) -
#19: Mag 3.7 32 km southwest of Kutahya, Kütahya, Turkey - 2 reports
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 5:55 am (GMT +3) -
#20: Mag 3.0 13 km west of Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea - 2 reports
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 11:26 am (GMT +9) -
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Fri, 3 Mar 2023, 20:34
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