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Light mag. 4.3 earthquake - Molucca Sea, 114 km north of Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia, on Thursday, Mar 16, 2023 at 11:51 pm (GMT +9) -

Light magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 120 km depth

16 Mar 15:08 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 17 minutes.
16 Mar 15:34: Now using data updates from USGS

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 16, 2023 14:51:26 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Thursday, Mar 16, 2023 at 11:51 pm (GMT +9)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.3
Depth	119.9 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	1.8181°N / 127.3533°E (Molucca Sea, Indonesia)
Antipode	1.818°S / 52.647°W
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Tobaru (41 km / 25 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	74 km (46 mi) W of Tobelo (Kabupaten Halmahera Utara) (pop: 10,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 114 km (71 mi) N of Ternate (pop: 101,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 122 km (76 mi) N of Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 244 km (152 mi) E of Bitung (pop: 137,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 267 km (166 mi) E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (Kabupaten Minahasa Utara) (pop: 8,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 277 km (172 mi) ENE of Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 281 km (175 mi) E of Manado (pop: 451,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 28°C (82 F), humidity: 73%, wind: 4 m/s (7 kts) from ENE
Estimated seismic energy released	1.8 x 10¹¹ joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.3	120 km	73 Km W of Tobelo, Indonesia	USGS
4.3	120 km	HALMAHERA, INDONESIA	EMSC
4.3	120 km	Halmahera, Indonesia	RaspberryShake
4.3	10 km	Halmahera, Indonesia	IRIS
4.3	114 km	Halmahera, Indonesia	GFZ

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