Vanuatu Earthquakes Archive: Past Quakes during February 2023

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Quakes during February 2023:

5 quakes above magnitude 5
2 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5

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Showing quakes magnitude 0.1 or higher (7 quakes):

Date and time	Mag Depth	Nearest volcano (distance)	Location	Details	Map
Saturday, February 18, 2023 GMT (2 quakes)
Feb 18, 2023 8:02 pm (GMT +11) (Feb 18, 2023 09:02 GMT)	5.3 199 km		Coral Sea, 86 km northwest of Sola, Torba, Vanuatu	More
Feb 18, 2023 1:07 pm (GMT +11) (Feb 18, 2023 02:07 GMT)	4.9 41 km		Coral Sea, 268 km south of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu	More
Thursday, February 16, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Feb 16, 2023 4:37 pm (GMT +11) (Feb 16, 2023 05:37 GMT)	5.6 36 km		50 km north of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu	More
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Feb 14, 2023 1:03 pm (GMT +11) (Feb 14, 2023 02:03 GMT)	5.2 120 km		Coral Sea, 46 km northeast of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu 2 reports	More
Wednesday, February 8, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Feb 8, 2023 10:28 pm (GMT +11) (Feb 8, 2023 11:28 GMT)	4.8 10 km		88 km northwest of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu	More
Friday, February 3, 2023 GMT (2 quakes)
Feb 4, 2023 4:54 am (GMT +11) (Feb 3, 2023 17:54 GMT)	5.2 121 km		Coral Sea, 38 km east of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu	More
Feb 3, 2023 11:10 am (GMT +11) (Feb 3, 2023 00:10 GMT)	5.1 29 km		Coral Sea, 62 km northwest of Port-Olry, Sanma Province, Vanuatu	More

Estimated combined seismic energy released: 3.5 x 10¹³ joules (9.63 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 8285 tons of TNT or 0.5 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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