Earthquake Archive: Past Quakes Worldwide on Saturday, March 18th, 2023

Past earthquakes worldwide: Mar 18, 2023 - list, stats and map

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Quakes on Saturday, March 18th, 2023:

1 quake above magnitude 6
3 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
51 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
147 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
525 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
836 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.

On Saturday, March 18th, 2023, there were 1 quake of magnitude 6.8, 3 quakes between 5.0 and 6.0, 51 quakes between 4.0 and 5.0, 147 quakes between 3.0 and 4.0, and 525 quakes between 2.0 and 3.0. There were also 836 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel. See all quakes in the past 24 hours!

Strongest quake: Mag. 6.8 | South Pacific Ocean, Provincia del Azuay, 49 km N of Machala, Ecuador -

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Date and time	Mag Depth	Nearest volcano (distance)	Location	Details	Map
Saturday, March 18, 2023 GMT (218 quakes)
Mar 18, 2023 23:33 GMT Mar 18, 2023 6:33 pm (GMT -5)	3.5 32 km		South Pacific Ocean, 34 km southwest of Naranjal, Provincia del Guayas, Ecuador	More
Mar 18, 2023 23:21 GMT Mar 19, 2023 2:21 am (GMT +3)	3.4 10 km		50 km west of Burdur, Turkey	More
Mar 18, 2023 23:14 GMT Mar 19, 2023 11:14 am (GMT +12)	4.8 553 km		South Pacific Ocean, Fiji	More
Mar 18, 2023 23:14 GMT Mar 19, 2023 2:14 am (GMT +3)	3.9 5 km		24 km southeast of Elbistan, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey 1 report	More
Mar 18, 2023 23:09 GMT Mar 18, 2023 5:09 pm (GMT -6)	3.1 5.6 km		13 mi west of Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado, USA 1 report	More
Mar 18, 2023 23:07 GMT Mar 19, 2023 2:07 am (GMT +3)	? n/a		Crimea, Ukraine (unconfirmed) 2 reports	More
Mar 18, 2023 23:03 GMT Mar 18, 2023 2:03 pm (GMT -9)	3.4 10 km		North Pacific Ocean, Canada	More
Mar 18, 2023 22:53 GMT Mar 19, 2023 6:53 am (GMT +8)	3.3 10 km		Indian Ocean, Indonesia	More
Mar 18, 2023 22:11 GMT Mar 19, 2023 6:11 am (GMT +8)	3.9 10 km		2.5 km east of Oytograk, Hotan Diqu, Xinjiang, China	More
Mar 18, 2023 21:57 GMT Mar 18, 2023 2:57 pm (GMT -7)	3.6 6.6 km		North Pacific Ocean, 54 km southwest of Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, Mexico	More
Mar 18, 2023 21:56 GMT Mar 19, 2023 2:56 am (GMT +5)	? n/a		Near Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (unconfirmed) 2 reports	More
Mar 18, 2023 21:47 GMT Mar 18, 2023 3:47 pm (GMT -6)	3.5 59 km		27 km southwest of Retalhuleu, Departamento de Retalhuleu, Guatemala	More
Mar 18, 2023 21:42 GMT Mar 19, 2023 10:42 am (GMT +13)	4.2 4.3 km		24 km west of Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand 8 reports	More
Mar 18, 2023 21:17 GMT Mar 18, 2023 4:17 pm (GMT -5)	4.2 111 km		60 km northwest of Barranca, Datem del Marañon, Loreto, Peru	More
Mar 18, 2023 21:07 GMT Mar 18, 2023 3:07 pm (GMT -6)	3.6 10.4 km		14 km northwest of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico	More
Mar 18, 2023 21:06 GMT Mar 18, 2023 2:06 pm (GMT -7)	3.7 10 km		North Pacific Ocean, 170 km southwest of Tomatlan, Jalisco, Mexico	More
Mar 18, 2023 21:04 GMT Mar 18, 2023 3:04 pm (GMT -6)	3.5 13 km		North Pacific Ocean, 165 km southwest of San Salvador, El Salvador	More
Mar 18, 2023 20:44 GMT Mar 18, 2023 3:44 pm (GMT -5)	3.7 12 km		South Pacific Ocean, 49 km north of Machala, Provincia de El Oro, Ecuador 1 report	More
Mar 18, 2023 20:43 GMT Mar 18, 2023 2:43 pm (GMT -6)	3.7 173 km		Veracruz, 48 km west of Raudales Malpaso, Tecpatan, Chiapas, Mexico	More
Mar 18, 2023 20:38 GMT Mar 18, 2023 4:38 pm (GMT -4)	3.2 5 km		Provincia de Santiago Rodriguez, 27 km southwest of Valverde, Dominican Republic	More
Mar 18, 2023 20:35 GMT Mar 18, 2023 4:35 pm (GMT -4)	3.1 6 km		36 km west of Ponce, Segundo Barrio, Ponce, Puerto Rico	More

Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1 x 10¹⁵ joules (287 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 2.5 x 10⁵ tons of TNT or 15.5 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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