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Strong mag. 5.0 earthquake - Philippine Sea, 230 km north of Colonia, Micronesia, on Friday, Mar 17, 2023 at 3:03 am (GMT +10) -

Strong magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 10 km depth

16 Mar 17:14 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 11 minutes.
16 Mar 17:19: Now using data updates from USGS
22 Mar 13:36: Epicenter location corrected by 14 km (8.6 mi) towards NNE.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 16, 2023 17:03:07 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Friday, Mar 17, 2023 at 3:03 am (GMT +10)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	5
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	11.4766°N / 138.7913°E (Philippine Sea, Micronesia)
Antipode	11.477°S / 41.209°W
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	230 km (143 mi) NNE of Colonia (Yap) (pop: 7,370) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 225 km (140 mi) NNE of Gagil-Tamil Island (pop: 1,760) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 229 km (142 mi) NNE of Yap Island (pop: 4,920) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Broken Clouds 27.7°C (82 F), humidity: 75%, wind: 10 m/s (19 kts) from ENE
Estimated seismic energy released	2 x 10¹² joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 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
5.0	10 km	228 Km NNE of Colonia, Micronesia	USGS
5.0	10 km	W. Caroline Islands, Micronesia	RaspberryShake
5.1	10 km	215 Km NNE of Colonia, Micronesia	GFZ
5.0	10 km	W. Caroline Islands, Micronesia	IRIS
5.0	60 km	STATE OF YAP, MICRONESIA	EMSC
5.1	84 km	W. Caroline Islands, Micronesia	GeoAu

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