Latest earthquakes in the world

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The list below shows the last 100 earthquakes in the world as reported by the most  important seismological agencies.
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SRC Location UTC Date/time M D INFORMATION
ER I Felt A (not Listed) Strong Earthquake May 19 23:59 PM 4.6 0 MAP I Felt It
ER I Felt A (not Listed) Weak Earthquake May 19 23:58 PM 2.6 0 MAP I Felt It
ER I Felt A (not Listed) Strong Earthquake May 18 23:59 PM 4.6 0 MAP I Felt It
ER I Felt A (not Listed) Weak Earthquake May 18 23:58 PM 2.6 0 MAP I Felt It
  • Arundel, ME - I was sitting on the floor of my living room and thought a truck was crashing into the house until the shaking continued. It fellt like large uneven rollers passing beneath the house. Another way I could describe it is that it felt like a not so far away rumble in the ground that settled directly beneath the house and gained little momentum. It just shook for a minute or less and then was over. Very startling though! Never felt anything like it.
  • San Felipe - I feel just one short heavy shake and that was all
  • California - My bed was shaking and it felt like a person was sitting next to next to me and the room was creaking
  • Mason Oh - I was sound asleep and I felt my whole body quiver for 5 seconds or so.I woke and looked at the clock it was 5:05.I went back to sleep and when I woke up I logged. logged On to see if what I felt could have been a quake....sure enough,5:05.
  • USGS Central Alaska May 18 19:34 PM 2.9 4 MAP I Felt It
    GEONET Te Araroa May 18 19:28 PM 3.1 142 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEONET Tokoroa May 18 19:22 PM 2.8 217 MAP I Felt It
    GEONET Ohakune May 18 19:02 PM 3.0 139 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEONET White Island May 18 19:02 PM 2.7 142 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Western Turkey May 18 18:54 PM 2.8 7 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Puerto Rico Region May 18 18:43 PM 3.3 59 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEONET Tokoroa May 18 17:54 PM 2.8 214 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Near East Coast Of Kamchatka May 18 17:43 PM 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Near East Coast Of Kamchatka May 18 17:43 PM 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia Region May 18 17:43 PM 4.7 30 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Western Turkey May 18 17:41 PM 2.6 11 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern Alaska May 18 17:40 PM 3.3 117 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Western Turkey May 18 17:36 PM 3.2 7 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Antofagasta, Chile May 18 17:21 PM 2.8 121 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Kermadec Islands Region May 18 17:19 PM 5.0 609 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Kermadec Islands Region May 18 17:19 PM 5.0 623 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Kermadec Islands Region May 18 17:19 PM 4.7 620 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Antofagasta, Chile May 18 17:14 PM 2.7 124 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Kamchatka May 18 16:54 PM 4.2 50 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Southern Iran May 18 16:52 PM 3.5 11 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Eastern Turkey May 18 16:47 PM 3.0 7 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Southern Iran May 18 15:56 PM 3.6 12 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Offshore Northern California May 18 15:54 PM 3.8 23 MAP I Felt It
  • mckinleyville ca - I felt a shaking from east to west. It lasted a few seconds.
  • mckinleyville - It woke me up and lasted only seconds
  • eureka - The house kind of jolted then trembled for a few seconds. It felt like the spin cycle was too full in washer and it was making the house tremble or something. My dogs didnt even notice or care.
  • USGS Offshore Northern California May 18 15:54 PM 3.8 22 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 18 15:51 PM 4.2 64 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Tarapaca, Chile May 18 15:42 PM 3.3 118 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEOFON Poland May 18 15:40 PM 3.5 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Poland May 18 15:40 PM 3.4 2 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Timor Region May 18 15:35 PM 4.7 107 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Timor Region May 18 15:35 PM 4.9 102 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Kepulauan Alor, Indonesia May 18 15:35 PM 4.7 94 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southern Iran May 18 15:10 PM 4.0 5 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Northern Iran May 18 14:48 PM 3.5 16 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska May 18 14:40 PM 2.9 24 MAP I Felt It
    GEONET Methven May 18 14:00 PM 2.6 7 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Offshore Northern California May 18 13:46 PM 4.3 20 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Offshore Northern California May 18 13:46 PM 4.3 19 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEOFON Near Coast Of N. California May 18 13:46 PM 4.3 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southern Iran May 18 13:45 PM 3.6 11 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southeastern Iran May 18 13:43 PM 3.6 31 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Puerto Rico Region May 18 13:13 PM 3.3 13 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEONET Te Kaha May 18 13:07 PM 2.7 5 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Cyprus Region May 18 12:37 PM 3.2 5 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Puerto Rico Region May 18 12:36 PM 3.4 52 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Eastern Turkey May 18 12:24 PM 3.0 5 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Western Turkey May 18 12:15 PM 2.6 5 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southern Iran May 18 12:09 PM 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEOFON Southern Iran May 18 12:09 PM 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern Iran May 18 12:09 PM 4.4 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Offshore Bio-bio, Chile May 18 12:00 PM 3.3 20 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEOFON Near S. Coast Of Western Honshu May 18 11:51 AM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Near S. Coast Of Western Honshu May 18 11:51 AM 5.1 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Near S. Coast Of Western Honshu May 18 11:51 AM 5.1 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Near S. Coast Of Western Honshu May 18 11:51 AM 5.1 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia May 18 11:43 AM 4.9 24 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Loyalty Islands May 18 11:43 AM 4.9 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Pyrenees May 18 11:38 AM 2.7 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEONET Christchurch May 18 11:14 AM 2.7 7 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC South Of Java, Indonesia May 18 11:08 AM 4.2 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON South Of Java, Indonesia May 18 11:08 AM 4.2 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Southern Iran May 18 10:57 AM 5.5 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Southern Iran May 18 10:57 AM 5.5 9 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Southern Iran May 18 10:57 AM 5.5 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southern Iran May 18 10:43 AM 3.9 24 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Southern Iran May 18 10:03 AM 5.6 10 MAP I Felt It
  • RAK UAE - Building shook
  • sharjah, al nahda - the building shook with the force of the earthquake
  • Ajman - Very weak shaking felt in Ajman at Horizon Tower. I was working in the office and everybody have evacuated the building.
  • Dubai, UAE - My building was shaking
  • Dubai - All standing people at home felt dizzines.
  • Dubai, UAE - Tremor felt for the second time today
  • Sharjah - I felt the wind chime and other hangings shaking and went down (I live on the 9th floor) I felt a little giddy too. After waiting below the building for about 10-15 minutes and no further developments, I went back.
  • Ajman - I felt a shake for 10 to 15 secs. I saw the bulb swaying
  • Dubai - We where is the office where we felt it all of us was scared !!!
  • sharja - i felt it
  • Burj Downtown Dubai - felt gentle swaying for about a minute, fromt 26th Floor.
  • GEOFON Southern Iran May 18 10:03 AM 5.5 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Southern Iran May 18 10:03 AM 5.6 9 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Taiwan May 18 09:50 AM 3.8 17 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS San Pedro Channel, California May 18 09:41 AM 3.3 0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Puerto Rico Region May 18 09:24 AM 3.1 13 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEOFON Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 18 09:09 AM 4.8 17 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 18 09:09 AM 4.7 41 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 18 09:09 AM 4.5 29 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Western Turkey May 18 08:36 AM 3.0 1 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Albania May 18 08:32 AM 2.6 20 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC South Of Panama May 18 08:00 AM 4.6 2 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON South Of Panama May 18 08:00 AM 5.0 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS South Of Panama May 18 08:00 AM 4.6 7 MAP I Felt It
    GEONET Invercargill May 18 08:00 AM 3.5 6 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEONET Tokoroa May 18 07:47 AM 2.7 199 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Kamchatka May 18 07:26 AM 4.5 40 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of The Kamchatka Peninsula May 18 07:26 AM 4.4 40 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEOFON Off East Coast Of Kamchatka May 18 07:26 AM 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Kamchatka May 18 07:11 AM 4.2 51 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Hawaii Region, Hawaii May 18 06:29 AM 2.7 9 MAP I Felt It
    GEONET Te Kaha May 18 06:27 AM 3.2 172 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Western Turkey May 18 06:06 AM 2.6 4 MAP I Felt It
    GEONET Te Araroa May 18 06:02 AM 2.7 131 MAP I Felt It
    GEONET Invercargill May 18 05:54 AM 3.1 15 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Near The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 18 05:48 AM 6.0 34 MAP I Felt It
  • Tokyo, Japan - Third floor apartment at my desk. Very weak shaking started and gradually increased but never got very strong (hardly noticeable). Lasted longer than usual; I felt it for about one minute.
  • Tokyo - Felt shaking in hotel in Central Tokyo
  • Toshima-ku, Tokyo - On the 20th floor, so we swayed pretty good. Preliminary shaking lasted about a minute, followed by a minute or so of the building settling. Not alarming but very noticeable.
  • sendai city - felt the whole house shaking
  • Tokai Mura - I was attendimg a meetin on the second floor of a building when the quake struck. It was quite shaking, and last for quite a while.
  • Shirakawa/Nishigo - I felt very strong 4 times.
  • Tokyo - Primeira vez no Japão. Quando iniciou o tremor me falaram que era terremoto. Foi muito fraco e rápido.
  • EMSC Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 18 05:48 AM 6.0 52 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 18 05:47 AM 6.0 48 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Puerto Rico Region May 18 05:44 AM 3.1 72 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Aegean Sea May 18 05:42 AM 2.9 5 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Barents Sea May 18 05:30 AM 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Barents Sea May 18 05:30 AM 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Western Turkey May 18 05:16 AM 2.9 3 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Western Turkey May 18 05:12 AM 3.1 20 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Southern Alaska May 18 05:12 AM 3.5 84 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern Alaska May 18 05:12 AM 3.3 70 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Kamchatka May 18 05:05 AM 4.0 50 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Puerto Rico Region May 18 04:55 AM 3.4 85 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Puerto Rico Region May 18 04:54 AM 2.8 13 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC West Chile Rise May 18 04:27 AM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS West Chile Rise May 18 04:27 AM 4.9 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEOFON Southern Pacific Ocean May 18 04:27 AM 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Eastern Turkey May 18 04:21 AM 3.3 5 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Puerto Rico Region May 18 04:18 AM 3.5 25 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Puerto Rico Region May 18 04:18 AM 3.5 25 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Kamchatka May 18 04:16 AM 4.0 50 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Caucasus Region, Russia May 18 04:14 AM 3.7 20 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEOFON South Of Africa May 18 04:05 AM 5.7 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC South Of Africa May 18 04:05 AM 5.7 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS South Of Africa May 18 04:05 AM 5.7 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of The Kamchatka Peninsula May 18 03:44 AM 4.4 64 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Kamchatka May 18 03:44 AM 4.5 60 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEOFON Off East Coast Of Kamchatka May 18 03:43 AM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Puerto Rico Region May 18 02:25 AM 3.3 44 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEONET Milford Sound May 18 02:16 AM 2.6 5 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern Yukon Territory, Canada May 18 01:59 AM 2.6 0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Eastern Turkey May 18 01:57 AM 2.6 5 MAP I Felt It
    GEONET Te Araroa May 18 00:36 AM 2.6 8 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern California May 18 00:11 AM 2.6 1 MAP I Felt It
    ER I Felt A (not Listed) Strong Earthquake May 17 23:59 PM 4.6 0 MAP I Felt It
    ER I Felt A (not Listed) Weak Earthquake May 17 23:58 PM 2.6 0 MAP I Felt It
  • Dubai - lights swinging and the chair i was sitting on was shaking
  • Perth - I heard a rumble and then felt more of swaying than a shake
  • Syracuse NY USA - Sitting at desk on 2nd floor, felt mild tremor through the floor and chair. Lasted a second or two.
  • Clifton Park, NY - I'm on the thrid floor and felt the sway back and forth. As it was happening, I emailed my husand with the Subject "earthquake!!" at 9:45 am.
  • EMSC Tarapaca, Chile May 17 23:24 PM 3.3 112 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Eastern Kazakhstan May 17 22:53 PM 4.5 2 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Antofagasta, Chile May 17 22:30 PM 2.7 123 MAP I Felt It
    GEONET Te Anau May 17 22:03 PM 3.1 8 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Yellow Sea May 17 22:02 PM 4.8 13 MAP I Felt It
  • Incheon Airport - Woke to rolling motion. I'm from California so I knew what it was right away.
  • Uijeongbu - At a little after seven AM I was sitting in my home studio on the 6th floor of Sinan Aptartments in Uijeongbu-si Gyeonggi-do, S Korea. I felt a slight shaking on the floor and saw a rather heavy mic stand lightly sway.
  • Seoul, South Korea - I live on a mountain on the sixth floor. (I live in the dorms). The shake was a weak but noticeable and I can imagine it could be felt more on the ground. The shake was "bouncy". Lasted about 35 seconds.
  • Seoul - Felt like room was moving around.
  • Gimpo City - I thought it was my friend shaking my room. lol
  • Seoul - Having lived in Japan for several years, I know a thing or two about earthquakes, and this was definitely the strongest one I've felt since coming to Korea. It woke me up with the light swaying of my bed and rattling of things on my desk.
  • Pyeongtaek - Shaking for about 10 seconds
  • Seoul - Shaking wasn't intense but enough to wake me up and lasted for some time.
  • Incheon - I woke around 7, my bed was shaking.
  • Seoul, Songpa-gu, Jamsil-dong - Got awakened due to light shaking of my bad. Heard sounds of creaking coming from my built-in furniture.
  • Siheung - Was woken by light shaking. Was quite certain it was an esrthquake. Walls rocked slightly.
  • Songdo, Incheon - Felt a slight jolt and rattling of doors, then a short period of shaking of the building. No damage or falling items. The shaking lasted less than 60 seconds.
  • Bucheon - Woke up and felt bed and room swaying
  • Incheon Airport - Woke to a rolling movement. Lasted about 30 seconds.
  • Seoul - Felt swaying motion in my 8th floor concrete building just past 7am. Heard my building creaking, which is not odd for a wood construction house, but I was in a concrete bldg.
  • Songdo, Incheon - Woken up by swaying feeling while in bed. Lasted for about 30 seconds.
  • Seoul - Just at 7 am this morning I felt my bed swaying, lasted about 30 seconds.
  • New Songdo - It was a rolling motion, short lived, around 7:00am. I have been in many earthquakes and I was pretty sure it was an earthquake. That happens to be why I looked up to see if there was an earthquake.
  • Pusan - The bed I was lying in was shaking...unsettling, my first quake.
  • song-tan - building shook some didnt realize it was a Quake til later on the news.
  • Gangseogu, Seoul - Saturday, May 18 I was in bed when I felt the shaking. I got nervous and quickly prayed to God for protection and safety. That was about 6~9 seconds of shaking maybe.
  • New Songdo - The shaking was subtle but enough to wake me at 7am. I could hear my closet doors in my bedroom rattling. I live on the 4th floor of an apartment in New Songdo, Incheon.
  • Pyeongtaek - I was in bed and felt it swaying. I lived on the 11th floor so I felt it more. God Bless this Country and People.
  • Downtown Seoul - On the 19th floor, I felt shaking and my hanging fixtures were swaying. It felt like my bed was vibrating.
  • EMSC Yellow Sea May 17 22:02 PM 4.8 2 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON South Korea May 17 22:02 PM 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Offshore O'higgins, Chile May 17 22:02 PM 3.2 38 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEOFON Banda Sea May 17 21:43 PM 4.7 147 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Banda Sea May 17 21:43 PM 4.7 145 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Southern East Pacific Rise May 17 21:42 PM 4.8 40 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Southern East Pacific Rise May 17 21:42 PM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Southern East Pacific Rise May 17 21:42 PM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Northern Sumatra, Indonesia May 17 21:27 PM 4.2 116 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Northern Sumatra, Indonesia May 17 21:27 PM 4.2 115 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea May 17 21:23 PM 4.8 65 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON New Britain Region, P.n.g. May 17 21:23 PM 5.2 68 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC New Britain Region, P.n.g. May 17 21:23 PM 4.8 61 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Albania May 17 20:43 PM 3.0 2 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Southern Ontario, Canada May 17 20:15 PM 3.1 18 MAP I Felt It INFO

    Data sources courtesy : USGSEMSCGFZGEONET


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    MMI II (Very weak shaking) ?
    People :
    Felt by persons at rest, on upper floors or favorably placed.
    MMI III (Weak shaking) ?
    People :
    Felt indoors; hanging objects may swing, vibration similar to passing of light trucks, duration may be estimated, may not be recognized as an earthquake.
    MMI IV (Light shaking) ?
    People :
    Generally noticed indoors but not outside. Light sleepers may be awakened. Vibration may be likened to the passing of heavy traffic, or to the jolt of a heavy object falling or striking the building.
    Fittings :
    Doors and windows rattle. Glassware and crockery rattle. Liquids in open vessels may be slightly disturbed. Standing motorcars may rock.
    Structures :
    Walls and frames of buildings, and partitions and suspended ceilings in commercial buildings, may be heard to creak.
    MMI V (Moderate shaking) ?
    People :
    Generally felt outside, and by almost everyone indoors. Most sleepers awakened. A few people alarmed.
    Fittings :
    Small unstable objects are displaced or upset. Some glassware and crockery may be broken. Hanging pictures knock against the wall. Open doors may swing. Cupboard doors secured by magnetic catches may open. Pendulum clocks stop, start, or change rate.
    Structures :
    Some large display windows cracked. A few earthenware toilet fixtures cracked.
    MMI VI (Strong shaking) ?
    People Felt by all. People and animals alarmed. Many run outside. Difficulty experienced in walking steadily.
    Fittings :
    Objects fall from shelves. Pictures fall from walls. Some furniture moved on smooth floors, some unsecured free-standing fireplaces moved. Glassware and crockery broken. Very unstable furniture overturned. Small church and school bells ring. Appliances move on bench or table tops. Filing cabinets or "easy glide" drawers may open (or shut).
    Structures :
    Slight damage to buildings with low standard. Some stucco or cement plaster falls. Large display windows broken. Damage to a few weak domestic chimneys, some may fall.
    Environment :
    Trees and bushes shake, or are heard to rustle. Loose material may be dislodged from sloping ground, e.g. existing slides, talus slopes, shingle slides.
    MMI VII (Very strong shaking) ?
    People
    General alarm. Difficulty experienced in standing. Noticed by motorcar drivers who may stop.
    Fittings :
    Large bells ring. Furniture moves on smooth floors, may move on carpeted floors. Substantial damage to fragile contents of buildings.
    Structures :
    Unreinforced stone and brick walls cracked. Low standard buildings cracked with some minor masonry falls. A few instances of damage to buildings of ordinary workmanship. Unbraced parapets, unbraced brick gables, and architectural ornaments fall. Roofing tiles, especially ridge tiles may be dislodged. Many unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, often falling from roof-line. Water tanks Type I burst. A few instances of damage to brick veneers and plaster or cement-based linings. Unrestrained water cylinders (hot-water cylinders) may move and leak. Some common windows cracked. Suspended ceilings damaged.
    Environment :
    Water made turbid by stirred up mud. Small slides such as falls of sand and gravel banks, and small rock-falls from steep slopes and cuttings. Instances of settlement of unconsolidated or wet, or weak soils. Some fine cracks appear in sloping ground. A few instances of liquefaction (i.e. small water and sand ejections).
    MMI VIII (Severe shaking) ?
    People Alarm may approach panic. Steering of motorcars greatly affected. Structures : Low standard buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. ordinary workmanship buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged in some cases. A few instances of damage to buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes. Monuments and pre-1976 elevated tanks and factory stacks twisted or brought down. Some pre-1965 infill masonry panels damaged. A few post-1980 brick veneers damaged. Decayed timber piles of houses damaged. Houses not secured to foundations may move. Most unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, some below roof-line, many brought down. Environment : Cracks appear on steep slopes and in wet ground. Small to moderate slides in roadside cuttings and unsupported excavations. Small water and sand ejections and localized lateral spreading adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
    MMI IX (Violent shaking) ?
    Structures Many low standard buildings destroyed. Ordinary workmanship buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes damaged in some cases, some with flexible frames seriously damaged. Damage or permanent distortion to some buildings and bridges, designed and built to normal use standards. Houses not secured to foundations shifted off. Brick veneers fall and expose frames. Environment : Cracking of ground conspicuous. Landsliding general on steep slopes. Liquefaction effects intensified and more widespread, with large lateral spreading and flow sliding adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
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    Comments

    1. nancy says:

      Felt a low roar, then a jolt

    2. Murat says:

      ne sallandık be anasını satayım

    3. Tracey says:

      I was sleeping and was woken by everything being rattled around in my room. I live inside a containerized housing unit so it doesn’t take much to shake this thing. I felt the bed shaking and heard everything rattling for maybe 20-30 seconds.

    4. magdy says:

      I felt it in Cairo Egypt 10 menits ago

    5. mariana says:

      hay que estar preparados para cualkier sismo

    6. Ursula says:

      Reference Number: 3652676
      NZDT: Fri, Feb 3 2012 7:00 am
      Magnitude: 5.7
      Depth: 200 km
      Details: 90 km south of Opunake

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