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Moderate mag. 4.3 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 148 km southeast of San José del Cabo, Mexico, on Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 at 9:33 am (GMT -7) -

Moderate magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 10 km depth

18 Mar 17:20 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 47 minutes.
18 Mar 18:52: Magnitude recalculated from 4.3 to 4.4. Epicenter location corrected by 26 km (16 mi) towards SSW.
18 Mar 20:54: Now using data updates from USGS
18 Mar 21:00: Now using data updates from SSN

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 18, 2023 16:33:33 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 at 9:33 am (GMT -7)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.3
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	22.44°N / 108.42°W (North Pacific Ocean, Mexico)
Antipode	22.44°S / 71.58°E
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	136 km (85 mi) ESE of Las Dos Ballenas (pop: 10) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 148 km (92 mi) ESE of San José del Cabo (pop: 69,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 154 km (96 mi) ESE of Las Veredas (pop: 10,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 161 km (100 mi) ESE of Cabo San Lucas (pop: 68,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 163 km (101 mi) ESE of Colonia del Sol (pop: 48,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 224 km (139 mi) WSW of Mazatlan (pop: 381,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 227 km (141 mi) SW of La Cruz (pop: 15,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 270 km (168 mi) SE of La Paz (pop: 215,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	1.8 x 10¹¹ joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 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
4.3	10 km	Mexico: 149 Km Al SURESTE De SAN JOSE DEL CABO, BCS	SSN
4.3	10 km	Mexico: OFF COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR	EMSC
4.4	10 km	Off Coast of Central Mexico	RaspberryShake
4.2	10 km	Off Coast of Central Mexico	GFZ
4.4	10 km	Off Coast Of Central Mexico	IRIS
4.4	10 km	149 Km SE of La Playa, Mexico	USGS

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Seismograms

Seismic station: SANTA ROSALIA (SRIG/MX network) | Distance from quake: 665 km / 413 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station SANTA ROSALIA: 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

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.

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Cabo San Lucas, Los Cabos, Baja California Sur (161.9 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / not felt

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