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Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 50 km northwest of Pizarro, Colombia, on Thursday, Mar 16, 2023 at 9:03 am (GMT -5) -

Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 25 km depth

16 Mar 14:22 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 18 minutes.
16 Mar 15:30: Now using data updates from USGS

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 16, 2023 14:03:58 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Thursday, Mar 16, 2023 at 9:03 am (GMT -5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.6
Depth	25.1 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	5.3547°N / 77.565°W (North Pacific Ocean, Colombia)
Antipode	5.355°S / 102.435°E
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Romeral (244 km / 152 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	50 km (31 mi) NNW of Pizarro (Bajo Baudó) (pop: 6,170) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 51 km (32 mi) SW of Nuqui (pop: 2,740) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 68 km (42 mi) WSW of Pie de Pato (pop: 3,240) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 92 km (57 mi) W of El Canton de San Pablo (pop: 3,270) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 100 km (62 mi) WNW of Istmina (pop: 13,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 107 km (67 mi) WSW of Quibdo (pop: 75,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 174 km (108 mi) NNW of Buenaventura (pop: 240,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 395 km (245 mi) WNW of Bogota (pop: 7,674,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	5 x 10¹¹ joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.6	25 km	Near the West Coast of Colombia	USGS
4.6	25 km	Near West Coast of Colombia	RaspberryShake
4.3	15 km	258 Km Al Oeste De Medellin, Colombia	INETER
4.5	10 km	NEAR WEST COAST OF COLOMBIA	EMSC
4.5	10 km	Near West Coast of Colombia	GFZ
4.6	10 km	Near West Coast Of Colombia	IRIS

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Santa Helena, Medellin, Colombia (HEL/CM network) | Distance from quake: 244 km / 151 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Santa Helena, Medellin, Colombia: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

User reports for this quake (2)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.

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Bogota (392.7 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / very short (reported through our app)

Carmen de viboral, Antioquia / not felt (reported through our app)

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