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Moderate mag. 5.4 earthquake - Philippine Sea, Indonesia, on Thursday, Mar 16, 2023 at 5:25 am (GMT +8) -

Moderate magnitude 5.4 earthquake at 38 km depth

15 Mar 21:32 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 7 minutes.
15 Mar 21:33: Epicenter location corrected by 4.6 km (2.8 mi) towards ENE.
15 Mar 21:42: Now using data updates from USGS
16 Mar 05:44: Magnitude recalculated from 5.3 to 5.4. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 70.5 to 37.7 km (from 44 to 23 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 4.7 km (2.9 mi) towards NNE.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 15, 2023 21:25:37 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Thursday, Mar 16, 2023 at 5:25 am (GMT +8)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	5.4
Depth	37.7 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	4.7176°N / 126.9296°E (Philippine Sea, Indonesia)
Antipode	4.718°S / 53.07°W
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Awu (197 km / 122 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	249 km (155 mi) SE of General Santos City (Philippines) (pop: 679,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 261 km (162 mi) SSE of Mati (Philippines) (pop: 105,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 266 km (165 mi) SE of Polomolok (Philippines) (pop: 64,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 285 km (177 mi) SE of Digos (Philippines) (pop: 116,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 300 km (186 mi) SSE of Central (Philippines) (pop: 1,212,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 353 km (220 mi) NNW of Tobelo (Kabupaten Halmahera Utara) (pop: 10,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 411 km (255 mi) NNE of Bitung (pop: 137,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 428 km (266 mi) NNE of Manado (pop: 451,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 423 km (263 mi) SSE of Mindanao Island (pop: 25,537,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 27.5°C (82 F), humidity: 74%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from NE
Estimated seismic energy released	7.9 x 10¹² joules (2.21 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1898 tons of TNT or 0.1 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
5.4	38 km	Indonesia: 179 Km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines	USGS
5.7	10 km	Indonesia: Near Davao	RENASS
5.4	38 km	Talaud Islands, Indonesia	RaspberryShake
5.5	72 km	Talaud Islands, Indonesia [Sea: Indonesia]	INGV
5.3	53 km	Talaud Islands, Indonesia	GFZ
5.3	10 km	Talaud Islands, Indonesia	IRIS
5.3	60 km	KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA	EMSC
5.3	22 km	Indonesia: 239 Km S 60° E of Sarangani Island (Municipality Of Sarangani) (Davao Occidental)	PHIVOLCS
5.5	61 km	Talaud Islands, Indonesia	GeoAu

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