Reported seismic-like event (likely no quake): 17 km west of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA, Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 8:34 am (GMT -5) -

8 Mar 13:37 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 3 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 8, 2023 13:34:37 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Wednesday, Mar 8, 2023 at 8:34 am (GMT -5)
Status	disregarded
Magnitude	unknown (3?)
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	42.40007°N / 71.26016°W
Antipode	42.4°S / 108.74°E
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	VolcanoDiscovery (User-reported shaking)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	13 km (8 mi) W of Medford (Massachusetts) (pop: 57,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 13 km (8 mi) WNW of Cambridge (Massachusetts) (pop: 110,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 13 km (8 mi) W of Somerville (Massachusetts) (pop: 80,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 16 km (10 mi) W of Malden (Massachusetts) (pop: 61,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 17 km (11 mi) WNW of Boston (Massachusetts) (pop: 667,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 19 km (12 mi) SW of Wakefield (Massachusetts) (pop: 24,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 27 km (17 mi) WSW of Lynn (Massachusetts) (pop: 92,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 624 km (388 mi) NE of Washington (District of Columbia) (pop: 601,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Light Snow 0.3°C (33 F), humidity: 70%, wind: 10 m/s (19 kts) from NW
Estimated seismic energy released	2 x 10⁹ joules (554 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.477 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Waltham, ma (0 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : Over about a min felt slight shaking/tremor in my building.

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