World Earthquake Report for Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Thu, 16 Mar 2023, 00:24 00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 16 Mar 2023
Global seismic activity level on 15 March 2023: LOW
Magnitude 5+: 2 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 39 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 126 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 360 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 2.1 x 1013 joules (5.9 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 5080 tons of TNT or 0.3 atomic bombs!) learn more
10 largest earthquakes in the world (15 Mar 2023)
#1: Mag 5.3 Philippine Sea, Indonesia
Thursday, Mar 16, 2023 at 5:25 am (GMT +8) -
#2: Mag 5.0 North Atlantic Ocean
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 1:39 am (GMT -2) -
#3: Mag 4.9 Qinghai, China
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 5:26 pm (GMT +8) -
#4: Mag 4.9 Coral Sea, 96 km northwest of Sola, Torba, Vanuatu
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 11:36 am (GMT +11) -
#5: Mag 4.8 South Pacific Ocean, 184 km east of Honiara, Solomon Islands
Thursday, Mar 16, 2023 at 6:20 am (GMT +11) -
#6: Mag 4.7 South Pacific Ocean, 225 km southwest of Apia, Tuamasaga, Samoa
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 8:39 pm (GMT +13) -
#7: Mag 4.7 269 km southeast of Chotan, Hotan Diqu, Xinjiang, China
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 10:32 am (GMT +8) -
#8: Mag 4.6 22 km southeast of Tulua, Departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 4:50 pm (GMT -5) -
#9: Mag 4.6 South Pacific Ocean, 268 km northeast of Nukalofa, Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 2:16 pm (GMT +13) -
#10: Mag 4.6 14 km east of Los Reyes de Salgado, Michoacan, Mexico
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 8:44 am (GMT -6) -
Earthquakes reported felt
#1: Mag 4.2 Eastern Mediterranean, 19 km south of Paphos, Cyprus - 96 reports
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 8:27 am (GMT +2) -
#2: Mag 2.8 17 km north of Banja Luka, Bosnia Serb Republic, Bosnia & Herzegovina - 28 reports
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 1:44 am (GMT +1) -
#3: Mag 4.6 22 km southeast of Tulua, Departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia - 26 reports
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 4:50 pm (GMT -5) -#4: Mag 4.2 Caribbean Sea, 36 km west of Ponce, Segundo Barrio, Ponce, Puerto Rico - 15 reports
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 3:51 am (GMT -4) -
#5: Mag 4.6 14 km east of Los Reyes de Salgado, Michoacan, Mexico - 11 reports
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 8:44 am (GMT -6) -#6: Mag 4.2 14 km northeast of Osmaniye, Turkey - 6 reports
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 5:29 am (GMT +2) -
#7: Mag 3.5 Guanica, 35 km west of Ponce, Segundo Barrio, Ponce, Puerto Rico - 3 reports
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 7:23 am (GMT -4) -
#8: Mag 3.3 15 km northwest of Târgu Jiu, Gorj, Romania - 3 reports
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 7:33 pm (GMT +2) -
#9: Mag 3.5 32 mi west of Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA - 2 reports
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 11:29 am (GMT -7) -
#10: Mag 3.9 14 km east of Los Reyes de Salgado, Michoacan, Mexico - 2 reports
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 8:52 am (GMT -6) -
#11: Mag 3.4 37 km south of San Pedro Sula, Departamento de Cortés, Honduras - 2 reports
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 8:30 am (GMT -6) -
#12: Mag 2.6 Eastern Mediterranean, 20 km east of Larnaca, Larnaka, Cyprus - 2 reports
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 9:21 am (GMT +2) -
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