World Earthquake Report for Wednesday, 8 March 2023
Thu, 9 Mar 2023, 00:24 00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 9 Mar 2023
Global seismic activity level on 8 March 2023: MODERATE
Magnitude 5+: 6 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 29 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 119 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 359 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 7.8 x 1013 joules (21.6 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 18579 tons of TNT or 1.2 atomic bombs!) learn more
10 largest earthquakes in the world (8 Mar 2023)
#1: Mag 5.8 Solomon Sea, 74 km southwest of Arawa, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 6:33 pm (GMT +11) -
#2: Mag 5.6 North Pacific Ocean, Russia
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 6:03 pm (GMT +12) -
#3: Mag 5.4 Philippine Sea
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 11:43 pm (GMT +10) -
#4: Mag 5.3 South Pacific Ocean
Tuesday, Mar 7, 2023 at 8:34 pm (GMT -12) -
#5: Mag 5.2 North Pacific Ocean, 188 km southeast of Kamchatkataagy Petropavlovskaj, Russia
Thursday, Mar 9, 2023 at 3:10 am (GMT +11) -
#6: Mag 5.0 Canada: 84 Km W of Burwash Landing, YT
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 12:32 am (GMT -7) -
#7: Mag 4.9 South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 11:46 pm (GMT +13) -
#8: Mag 4.9 Indian Ocean
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 6:28 pm (GMT +3) -
#9: Mag 4.8 North Atlantic Ocean
Tuesday, Mar 7, 2023 at 10:11 pm (GMT -2) -
#10: Mag 4.6 Philippine Sea, Northern Mariana Islands, 58 km north of Dededo Village, Guam
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 10:35 pm (GMT +10) -
Earthquakes reported felt
#1: Mag 3.2 Ile de Re, Pays de la Loire, 19 km northwest of La Rochelle, France - 50 reports
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 3:35 am (GMT +1) -
#2: Mag 5.6 North Pacific Ocean, Russia - 19 reports
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 6:03 pm (GMT +12) -#3: Mag 3.9 24 mi northeast of Alaska City, Anchorage, Alaska, USA - 12 reports
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 8:24 am (GMT -9) -
#4: Mag 4.5 33 km east of Magugpo Poblacion, Davao, Philippines - 6 reports
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 6:47 pm (GMT +8) -
#5: Mag 4.1 28 km southwest of Göksun, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey - 5 reports
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 12:30 pm (GMT +3) -
#6: Mag 4.3 Eastern Mediterranean, 118 km south of Birkirkara, Malta - 5 reports
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 6:33 am (GMT +1) -
#7: Mag 3.4 21 km northeast of Maicao, La Guajira, Colombia - 4 reports
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 6:28 am (GMT -4) -
#8: Mag 4.6 60 km southwest of Esmeraldas, Ecuador - 4 reports
Tuesday, Mar 7, 2023 at 11:24 pm (GMT -5) -
#9: Mag 3.5 20 km west of Santiago de Chile, Provincia de Santiago, Chile - 3 reports
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 10:09 am (GMT -3) -
#10: Mag 3.2 Eastern Mediterranean, 47 km northwest of Tartus, Syria - 3 reports
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 4:46 am (GMT +2) -
#11: Mag 4.4 Solomon Sea, 73 km southwest of Honiara, Solomon Islands - 3 reports
Thursday, Mar 9, 2023 at 4:04 am (GMT +11) -
#12: Mag 4.3 West Coast, 81 km north of Rangiora, New Zealand - 3 reports
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 2:07 pm (GMT +13) -
#13: Mag 3.3 55 km northeast of Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand - 2 reports
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 8:39 pm (GMT +13) -
#14: Mag 4.5 14 km northeast of Ica, Region Ica, Peru - 2 reports
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 10:38 am (GMT -5) -
#15: Mag 3.9 Eastern Mediterranean, 98 km southeast of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy - 2 reports
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 6:33 am (GMT +1) -
#16: Mag 3.2 25 km west of Digos, Province of Davao del Sur, Philippines - 2 reports
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 3:30 pm (GMT +8) -
#17: Mag 3.7 4.6 km southwest of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan - 2 reports
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 10:48 pm (GMT +9) -
#18: Mag 4.1 142 mi southwest of Alaska City, Anchorage, Alaska, USA - 2 reports
Tuesday, Mar 7, 2023 at 7:01 pm (GMT -9) -
#19: Mag 2.8 6.6 mi southeast of Yucca Valley, San Bernardino County, California, USA - 2 reports
Tuesday, Mar 7, 2023 at 8:07 pm (GMT -8) -
#20: Mag 2.8 Eastern Mediterranean, 86 km northeast of Nicosia, Cyprus - 2 reports
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 3:47 pm (GMT +2) -
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