World Earthquake Report for Tuesday, 14 March 2023
Wed, 15 Mar 2023, 00:24 00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 15 Mar 2023
Global seismic activity level on 14 March 2023: MODERATE
Magnitude 6+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 5+: 4 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 39 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 128 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 369 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 2.2 x 1014 joules (60.3 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 51868 tons of TNT or 3.2 atomic bombs!) learn more
10 largest earthquakes in the world (14 Mar 2023)
#1: Mag 6.3 Bismarck Sea, 147 km north of Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2023 at 10:49 am (GMT +10) -
#2: Mag 5.5 South Pacific Ocean, 169 km southwest of Lebu, Provincia de Arauco, Region del Biobio, Chile
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2023 at 4:56 pm (GMT -3) -
#3: Mag 5.5 South Pacific Ocean
Monday, Mar 13, 2023 at 7:24 pm (GMT -9) -
#4: Mag 5.2 Eastern Mediterranean, 160 km south of Kalamata, Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2023 at 5:36 pm (GMT +1) -
#5: Mag 5.0 North Pacific Ocean, 159 km southeast of Kamchatkataagy Petropavlovskaj, Russia
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2023 at 9:01 pm (GMT +11) -
#6: Mag 4.8 115 km west of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2023 at 11:05 am (GMT -4) -
#7: Mag 4.8 South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2023 at 5:16 pm (GMT +13) -
#8: Mag 4.7 South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 11:45 am (GMT +12) -
#9: Mag 4.6 Molucca Sea, 91 km south of Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2023 at 11:27 am (GMT +8) -
#10: Mag 4.6 48 km northeast of Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2023 at 5:49 pm (GMT +3) -
Earthquakes reported felt
#1: Mag 6.3 Bismarck Sea, 147 km north of Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea - 40 reports
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2023 at 10:49 am (GMT +10) -#2: Mag 4.3 6 km north of Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan - 30 reports
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 6:05 am (GMT +9) -
#3: Mag 4.5 39 km south of Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia - 16 reports
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2023 at 12:07 am (GMT -5) -
#4: Mag 4.6 28 km southwest of Elbistan, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey - 13 reports
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2023 at 9:47 am (GMT +3) -
#5: Mag 5.2 Eastern Mediterranean, 160 km south of Kalamata, Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece - 12 reports
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2023 at 5:36 pm (GMT +1) -#6: Mag 4.2 Ibaraki, 48 km northeast of Tokyo, Japan - 7 reports
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 6:05 am (GMT +9) -
#7: Mag 4.6 48 km northeast of Kahramanmaraş, Turkey - 6 reports
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2023 at 5:49 pm (GMT +3) -#8: Mag 5.5 South Pacific Ocean, 169 km southwest of Lebu, Provincia de Arauco, Region del Biobio, Chile - 6 reports
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2023 at 4:56 pm (GMT -3) -#9: Mag 4.1 15 km south of Chiba, Japan - 4 reports
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 6:39 am (GMT +9) -
#10: Mag 3.8 25 mi northeast of Bishop, Inyo County, California, USA - 4 reports
Monday, Mar 13, 2023 at 10:00 pm (GMT -7) -
#11: Mag 3.6 17 km northeast of San Vito, Coto Brus, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica - 3 reports
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2023 at 1:44 pm (GMT -6) -
#12: Mag 3.5 15 mi west of Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado, USA - 3 reports
Monday, Mar 13, 2023 at 10:22 pm (GMT -6) -
#13: Mag 4.0 Eastern Mediterranean, 194 km south of Beykonak, Antalya, Turkey - 2 reports
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2023 at 6:37 pm (GMT +2) -
#14: Mag 4.5 North Pacific Ocean, 125 km southwest of Tapachula de Cordova y Ordoñez, Mexico - 2 reports
Monday, Mar 13, 2023 at 8:55 pm (GMT -6) -
#15: Mag 4.1 North Atlantic Ocean, 192 km west of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal - 2 reports
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2023 at 3:27 am (GMT -1) -
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