| Date & time | Mar 18, 2023 07:14:50 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 at 4:14 pm (GMT +9) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.6 |
| Depth | 24.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 2.37°N / 128.49°E  (Morotai Island Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia) |
| Antipode | 2.37°S / 51.51°W |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia) |
| Nearest volcano | Tarakan (95 km / 59 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 89 km (55 mi) NE of Tobelo (Kabupaten Halmahera Utara) (pop: 10,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 209 km (130 mi) NNE of Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 214 km (133 mi) NE of Ternate (pop: 101,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 381 km (237 mi) ENE of Bitung (pop: 137,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 415 km (258 mi) ENE of Tondano (Kabupaten Minahasa, North Sulawesi) (pop: 33,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 475 km (295 mi) NW of Sorong (West Papua) (pop: 125,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 530 km (329 mi) SE of Glan (Sarangani, Soccsksargen, Philippines) (pop: 24,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  25.9°C (79 F), humidity: 80%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from NE |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 5 x 1011 joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.6 | 24 km | Indonesia: Di Darat 42 Km Timurlaut Daruba | BMKG |
| 4.7 | 10.1 km | Halmahera, Indonesia | RaspberryShake |
| 4.8 | 46 km | Halmahera, Indonesia | GFZ |
| 4.7 | 10.1 km | 119 Km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia | USGS |
| 4.7 | 10 km | Halmahera, Indonesia | IRIS |
| 4.7 | 40 km | HALMAHERA, INDONESIA | EMSC |
