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Strong mag. 5.8 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean on Thursday, Dec 22, 2022 at 8:39 pm (GMT -12) -

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Strong magnitude 5.8 earthquake at 10 km depth

23 Dec 08:52 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 13 minutes.
23 Dec 08:58: Magnitude recalculated from 5.0 to 5.2. Epicenter location corrected by 8.2 km (5.1 mi) towards SW.
23 Dec 08:59: Now using data updates from USGS

Earthquake details

Date & time	Dec 23, 2022 08:39:24 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Thursday, Dec 22, 2022 at 8:39 pm (GMT -12)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	5.8
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	65.3807°S / 179.7939°W
Antipode	65.381°N / 0.206°E
Shaking intensity	Strong shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Snow -0.1°C (32 F), humidity: 99%, wind: 11 m/s (21 kts) from NNE
Estimated seismic energy released	3.2 x 10¹³ joules (8.78 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 7558 tons of TNT or 0.5 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
5.8	10 km	Pacific-Antarctic Ridge	USGS
5.8	10 km	PACIFIC-ANTARCTIC RIDGE	EMSC
5.8	10 km	Pacific Antarctic Ridge	RaspberryShake
5.5	10 km	Pacific-Antarctic Ridge	GFZ
5.6	10 km	Pacific Antarctic Ridge	GeoAu
5.8	10 km	Pacific-Antarctic Ridge	IRIS

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User reports for this quake (1)

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Yokosuka, Japan / not felt

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (2 quakes)

Date and time	Mag Depth	Location	Details
Jan 3, 2023 13:09 12 weeks ago	5.5 10 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Dec 26, 2022 15:10 13 weeks ago	4.7 10 km	South Pacific Ocean	More

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