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Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 46 km northwest of Caracas, Ecuador, on Friday, Mar 17, 2023 at 2:19 pm (GMT -5) -

Moderate magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 10 km depth

17 Mar 19:24 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 5 minutes.
17 Mar 19:28: Magnitude recalculated from 3.6 to 4.3. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 4.0 km (from 6.2 to 2.5 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 8.9 km (5.6 mi) towards N.
17 Mar 21:22: Now using data updates from USGS

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 17, 2023 19:19:23 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Friday, Mar 17, 2023 at 2:19 pm (GMT -5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.5
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	0.256°S / 80.6624°W (South Pacific Ocean, Ecuador)
Antipode	0.256°N / 99.338°E
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Quilotoa (207 km / 129 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	46 km (29 mi) NW of Caracas (Cantón Sucre) (pop: 37,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 79 km (49 mi) N of Manta (pop: 183,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 80 km (50 mi) NW of Chone (pop: 44,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 86 km (53 mi) NW of Calceta (Bolivar) (pop: 17,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 88 km (55 mi) N of Montecristi (pop: 18,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 92 km (57 mi) NNW of Portoviejo (pop: 170,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 232 km (144 mi) NNW of Guayaquil (pop: 1,952,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 238 km (148 mi) W of Quito (pop: 1,399,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	3.5 x 10¹¹ joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 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
4.5	10 km	46 Km NW of Bahía De Caráquez, Ecuador	USGS
4.3	4 km	NEAR COAST OF ECUADOR	EMSC
4.5	10 km	Near Coast Of Ecuador	IRIS
4.5	10 km	Near Coast of Ecuador	RaspberryShake

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Santa Helena, Medellin, Colombia (HEL/CM network) | Distance from quake: 916 km / 569 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: 0.2-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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Canoa, Manabi, Ecuador (32.9 km SE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / 5-10 s : slight moving while I was lying in bed

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