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Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - Molucca Sea, 164 km east of Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Friday, Mar 17, 2023 at 2:54 am (GMT +9) -

Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 39 km depth

16 Mar 18:04 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 9 minutes.
16 Mar 19:00: Magnitude recalculated from 4.3 to 4.5. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 52.0 km (from 6.2 to 32 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 13 km (8.3 mi) towards S.
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22 Mar 16:00: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 44.6 to 38.5 km (from 28 to 24 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 1.4 km (0.9 mi) towards WSW.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 16, 2023 17:54:57 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Friday, Mar 17, 2023 at 2:54 am (GMT +9)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.6
Depth	38.5 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	1.7877°N / 126.2915°E (Molucca Sea, Indonesia)
Antipode	1.788°S / 53.709°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Ruang (111 km / 69 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	128 km (79 mi) ENE of Bitung (pop: 137,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 150 km (93 mi) ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe) (Kabupaten Minahasa Utara) (pop: 8,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 162 km (101 mi) ENE of Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa) (pop: 33,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 164 km (102 mi) ENE of Manado (pop: 451,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 165 km (102 mi) NW of Ternate (pop: 101,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 174 km (108 mi) ENE of Tomohon (pop: 27,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 183 km (114 mi) NW of Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 385 km (239 mi) ENE of Gorontalo (pop: 144,200) \| 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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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.6	39 km	150 Km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia	USGS
4.3	10 km	Indonesia: MOLUCCA SEA	EMSC
4.6	73 km	Indonesia: Northern Molucca Sea	GFZ
4.6	45 km	Indonesia: Northern Molucca Sea	RaspberryShake

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