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M5.6 earthquake Carlsberg Ridge

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck in the Carlsberg Ridge on Wed, Jul 16, 2003, 7:29 AM GMT+5 (02:29 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.6 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Wed, Jul 16, 2003, 7:29 AM GMT+5
UTC: 2003-07-16 02:29:48 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 2.569° S, 68.329° E
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.6	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · 107 stations
5.74	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.39

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed

From the USGS event page for usp000c2m3. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 52°
Stations used: 369

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.6 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c2m3 (also filed as iscgem6999477). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:14 AM UTC.