World Earthquake Report for March 2023
Sun, 26 Mar 2023, 18:00 18:00 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 5.5 during March 2023
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Summary: 9 quakes 6.0+, 118 quakes 5.0+, 963 quakes 4.0+, 3339 quakes 3.0+, 9366 quakes 2.0+ (13795 total)This report is being updated every day.
Magnitude 9+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 7+: none
Magnitude 6+: 9 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 118 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 963 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 3339 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 9366 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 4.4 x 1015 joules (1215 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1 x 106 tons of TNT or 65.3 atomic bombs!) learn more
List of 10 largest earthquakes in the world during March 2023:
#1: Mag 6.8 South Pacific Ocean, Provincia del Azuay, 49 km north of Machala, Ecuador
Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 at 12:12 pm (GMT -5) -#2: Mag 6.5 South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 at 12:56 pm (GMT -12) -#3: Mag 6.5 Coral Sea, 86 km west of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu
Friday, Mar 3, 2023 at 5:04 am (GMT +11) -#4: Mag 6.5 Bismarck Sea, 109 km northwest of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 3:36 pm (GMT +10) -#5: Mag 6.3 Bismarck Sea, 147 km north of Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2023 at 10:49 am (GMT +10) -#6: Mag 6.2 South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand
Saturday, Mar 4, 2023 at 7:41 pm (GMT +13) -#7: Mag 6.0 25 km east of Magugpo Poblacion, Davao, Philippines
Tuesday, Mar 7, 2023 at 2:02 pm (GMT +8) -#8: Mag 5.9 Bismarck Sea, 68 km south of Kavieng, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Tuesday, Mar 7, 2023 at 11:51 pm (GMT +10) -#9: Mag 5.8 South Pacific Ocean
Friday, Mar 10, 2023 at 8:04 pm (GMT +12) -#10: Mag 5.8 Solomon Sea, 74 km southwest of Arawa, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 6:33 pm (GMT +11) -Earthquake stats:
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