(Major) Earthquakes list April 14, 2012 – Very strong earthquake between Vanuatu and New Caledonia

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Wrong earthquake data Sichuan earthquake?
EMSC     Western Sichuan, China     Apr 14 20:31 PM     4.9     40.0
USGS     Western Sichuan, China     Apr 14 20:31 PM     4.9     20.7
The above values are both listed in our today’s earthquake list.
CEN, the Chinese Seismological Agency has reported this earthquake with a Magnitude of 3.7 !

VANUATU M6.5 Earthquake
A very strong earthquake with a preliminary Magnitude of 6.6 occurred 73 km from from Isangel, Vanuatu (All data are still preliminary). We do not expect any danger for damage or injuries because of this earthquake
NOAA report just in (22:19 UTC) : …A STRONG EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED BUT A TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED ALONG THE CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA COASTS… NO WARNING… NO WATCH AND NO ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS.
BASED ON THE EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE… LOCATION AND HISTORIC TSUNAMI RECORDS A DAMAGING TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED ALONG THE CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA COASTS.
Earthquake-Report.com does not expect that a tsunami has been generated by this earthquake. Local stronger waves are however always possible.
Update 22:22 UTC : – Early reports of EMSC states a Magnitude of 6.6 at a depth of 6 km. GFZ reports 6.4 at a dept of 10 km (all preliminary values).
- The earthquake may have been felt also in neighboring New Caledonia
- USGS has recalculated data and reports now a M6.5 at a depth of 9 km. The epicenter has been recalculated at 79 km from Isangel.
Update 22:36 UTC : Following the GDACS calculation there are NO people living within a radius of 20 km. In a 50 km radius the population is 5,836.
Update 22:38 UTC : USGS predicts that approx. 4,000 people will have experienced a very strong shaking. 21,000 people a strong MMI VI shaking and 59,000 people a moderate shaking. As people in this area of the world are used to very strong to even massive earthquakes, earthquake-report.com still believes that there will be NO serious damage or injuries.
Update 22:43 UTC : we have removed the tsunami data and map as the dates were wrong. The linked GDACS page went into an error afterwards.
Update 23:20 UTC : Just like in most cases of the very strong earthquakes, aftershocks are beginning to strike the area

M 5.9      2012/04/14 19:26      Depth 49.0 km      SUNDA STRAIT, JAVA, INDONESIA
02:26:42 AM at epicenter – Epicenter location see below in list
Strong nightly earthquake far enough out of the coast and also deep enough to be harmless for the islands of Java and Sumatra. USGS has calculated that approx. 150,000 people will experience a moderate shaking (MMI V).
120 km (74 miles) SW of Cilegon, Java, Indonesia

M5.5-M6.0      2012/04/14 15:13     Depth 62.5 km      KURIL ISLANDS
Magnitudes are varying in between the seismological agencies. Epicenter approx. 50 km from volcanic island Onekotan. Hypocenter at intermediate depth = no danger

2 very strong earthquakes in between Argentina and Antarctica (Drake Passage)
2 earthquakes with (preliminary) magnitudes of 6.1 and 6.6 just happened in the Drake passage. Preliminary distance to Ushuaia : 356 km. ER calls this earthquake NOT dangerous and the earthquake is to weak to have a tsunami potential. The 2 earthquakes occurred with an interval of 20 seconds.
Update 11:15 UTC  : Both earthquakes (17 seconds interval) have been recalculated as M6.1 quakes

2 not listed earthquakes in India
2 moderate earthquakes, measuring 4.5 and 4.9 on the Richter scale, shook Gujarat and Maharashtra on Saturday, an Indian weather official said. As our earthquake database is automatic and as the main international seismological agencies have not reported the quakes yet, we have bundled the India experiences on the “Off West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 02:04 AM” information. As soon as one of the agencies is reporting the earthquake (what normally should have been detected long time at this Magnitude) we will move the experiences below the
We have received a big number experience reports from India.
We will report with more details as soon as the official agencies will report on it.
Most of the reports are arriving from Goa, Pune and Mumbai.
The people sending in reports are talking about light short vibrations
Update with some more details (07:35 UTC)  : An earthquake measuring 4.9 on Richter scale shook the western part of India around 11 am IST. Another earthquake measuring 4.5 on Ritcher scale struck Bhuj in Kutch district of Gujarat at 8.53 am.  In the second tremor, which struck Maharashtra, several parts of Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Satara, Pune and surroundings were shaken. The epicenter of the second quake was felt in the Satara distrct of Western Maharashtra.  Based on the experience of ER, but lacking more details like the depth of the hypocenter), we do not expect serious damage or injuries from this earthquake although Indian houses are very earthquake vulnerable (part of the information courtesy mid-day.com).
Update 08:17 UTC : EMSC and USGS have not reported what we think is the first of the 2 quakes. We have moved all India Earthquake Experience Reports to the new India input.

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SRC Location UTC Date/time M D INFORMATION
EMSC West Chile Rise Apr 14 23:49 PM 4.9 33 MAP I Felt It
USGS West Chile Rise Apr 14 23:49 PM 5.0 10 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON West Chile Rise Apr 14 23:49 PM 4.9 10 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Vanuatu Apr 14 22:24 PM 4.8 51 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Vanuatu Islands Apr 14 22:24 PM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
USGS Vanuatu Apr 14 22:24 PM 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 22:06 PM 4.8 25 MAP I Felt It
USGS Off The West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 22:06 PM 4.5 29 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Off West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 22:06 PM 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It
USGS Vanuatu Apr 14 22:05 PM 6.6 33 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Vanuatu Islands Apr 14 22:05 PM 6.3 20 MAP I Felt It
USGS Vanuatu Apr 14 22:05 PM 6.5 8 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Vanuatu Apr 14 22:05 PM 6.3 3 MAP I Felt It
USGS Off The West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 21:34 PM 4.4 14 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Off West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 21:34 PM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 21:34 PM 4.5 5 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 21:10 PM 4.9 30 MAP I Felt It
USGS Off The West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 21:10 PM 4.9 28 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Off West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 21:10 PM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
EMSC South Sandwich Islands Region Apr 14 20:53 PM 5.5 30 MAP I Felt It
USGS South Sandwich Islands Region Apr 14 20:53 PM 5.5 18 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON South Sandwich Islands Region Apr 14 20:53 PM 5.4 10 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Kashmir-xizang Border Region Apr 14 20:50 PM 4.3 40 MAP I Felt It
USGS Off The West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 20:35 PM 4.5 26 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 20:35 PM 4.5 10 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Off West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 20:35 PM 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Off West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 20:35 PM 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Western Sichuan, China Apr 14 20:31 PM 4.9 40 MAP I Felt It
USGS Western Sichuan, China Apr 14 20:31 PM 4.9 20 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Sichuan, China Apr 14 20:31 PM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Sunda Strait, Indonesia Apr 14 19:31 PM 5.2 74 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Southwest Of Sumatra, Indonesia Apr 14 19:26 PM 5.8 60 MAP I Felt It
USGS Sunda Strait, Indonesia Apr 14 19:26 PM 5.9 49 MAP I Felt It
  • Jakarta - Very weak shaking indicated
  • JAKARTA - I was sleeping and i wake up feeling my bed shaking.
  • Jakarta Pusat - Very weak shaking indicated
  • Serpong Tangerang - I as sleeping and almost shake out of bed. The whole apartment building was moving as you could hear the windows cracking and also the ceiling.
  • Jakarta - I was awake laying in bed and felt tremble for about 20 seconds. In morning looked up to see if earthquake had occured and it had.
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    GEOFON Java, Indonesia Apr 14 19:26 PM 5.8 63 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 18:11 PM 4.4 27 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 18:11 PM 4.4 27 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Vanuatu Apr 14 17:10 PM 4.8 50 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Vanuatu Apr 14 17:09 PM 4.9 30 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Luzon, Philippines Apr 14 15:53 PM 4.3 209 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Luzon, Philippines Apr 14 15:53 PM 4.3 209 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 15:21 PM 5.5 30 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 15:21 PM 5.4 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 15:21 PM 5.3 14 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Kuril Islands Apr 14 15:13 PM 5.5 74 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Kuril Islands Apr 14 15:13 PM 5.6 63 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Kuril Islands Apr 14 15:13 PM 5.5 60 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Near The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Apr 14 15:04 PM 4.5 51 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Apr 14 15:04 PM 4.5 51 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Kyushu, Japan Apr 14 12:39 PM 4.8 55 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Ryukyu Islands, Japan Apr 14 12:39 PM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 12:18 PM 5.1 14 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 12:18 PM 5.3 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 12:18 PM 5.1 3 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Drake Passage Apr 14 10:56 AM 6.2 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Drake Passage Apr 14 10:56 AM 6.2 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Drake Passage Apr 14 10:56 AM 6.2 9 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Apr 14 10:51 AM 4.8 20 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Apr 14 10:51 AM 4.9 14 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Near The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Apr 14 10:48 AM 4.7 24 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Apr 14 10:48 AM 4.7 16 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Apr 14 10:48 AM 4.7 12 MAP I Felt It
    USGS North Indian Ocean Apr 14 10:08 AM 4.6 9 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC North Indian Ocean Apr 14 10:08 AM 4.4 2 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 10:08 AM 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Near The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Apr 14 09:25 AM 4.8 29 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Apr 14 09:25 AM 4.9 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Apr 14 09:25 AM 4.7 11 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Near The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Apr 14 08:46 AM 4.4 52 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Apr 14 08:46 AM 4.4 52 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 08:28 AM 4.4 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 08:15 AM 4.3 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 08:15 AM 4.5 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 08:15 AM 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON North Indian Ocean Apr 14 07:33 AM 4.3 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS North Indian Ocean Apr 14 07:33 AM 4.3 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC North Indian Ocean Apr 14 07:33 AM 4.3 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Fiji Region Apr 14 06:23 AM 4.3 560 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Fiji Region Apr 14 06:23 AM 4.4 553 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Maharashtra, India Apr 14 05:27 AM 4.3 11 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Maharashtra, India Apr 14 05:27 AM 4.3 11 MAP I Felt It
  • Bhachau, Gujarat, India - lite shakeing absorved in the walls of the houses at morning 9.10 am
  • Dona Paula, Goa, India - Sitting int he lab and felt light tremors. chair and computer shook along with table.
  • Pune, India - Felt Floor Shaking for a few seconds
  • Pune, India - I felt some weak shaking......
  • Mumbai - Very weak shaking indicated
  • Goa, India - Goa, India. 12 April 2012. Windows rattling and mild shaking of sofa as we were watching TV. Time 10:57 local time (05:27 GMT).
  • District Sangli - All furniture started shaking.
  • Goa, India - Table, chair and computer shook a little for a few seconds
  • Pune - It was very weak thouh, but strong enough to make its presence feel :)
  • Mumbai - IST around 11.05
  • Pune - it was just a shaking for about 5 sec
  • Pune - Very weak shaking indicated
  • Pune,India - It shake for 2-3 secs.
  • Pune - Felt weak shake a few mins back
  • Mumbai - little bit
  • Mumbai - I also felt some vibration in navi mumbai while takin g a call in arvato bpo. on 15th floor. and place is in vashi.
  • Pune India - Weak shaking indicated
  • Pune, Maharastra, India - My couch and the table set were shaking. It was around 10:30 and lasted for a few seconds ( 5 seconds approx)
  • Pune, Maharastra, India - Light shaking indicated
  • Pune, Maharshtra - Very weak shaking indicated
  • Pune - my chair was shaking for more 5 seconds
  • Pune - Light shaking indicated
  • Wakad, Pune - Shaked for 5 seconds. Again felt very low shake at 12:45PM
  • Jejuri (Pune) - at 11:00am when i was having brkfast. a glass of water, window shurrers shake upto 15 seconds.
  • 380054 - I am sitting on a chair. Chair shaking and vibrate for 5 second IST 9am
  • Mumbai - While sitting on a chair and listening to webcast. Chairs shake for couple of seconds.
  • Mumbai,Dadar east - While seating on the bed,3rd floor I marked a slighting shaking of the bed.
  • Mankhurd, Mumbai, India - I was watching the television and suddenly a light 5-6 second earthquake struck me; it was scary but actually wasn't noticeable by other people who were busy in their work. No serious damage. I even experienced a 9.2Mw at Port Blair in 2004, that was terribly violent.
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    EMSC Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 05:23 AM 4.3 29 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 05:23 AM 4.3 28 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 05:23 AM 4.4 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia Apr 14 04:13 AM 4.3 160 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia Apr 14 04:13 AM 4.3 160 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 02:04 AM 4.6 40 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 02:03 AM 4.5 13 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 02:03 AM 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Northern Sumatra, Indonesia Apr 14 00:46 AM 4.6 40 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern Sumatra, Indonesia Apr 14 00:46 AM 4.5 24 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Sulawesi, Indonesia Apr 14 00:40 AM 4.4 35 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Sulawesi, Indonesia Apr 14 00:40 AM 4.6 15 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi Apr 14 00:40 AM 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Apr 14 00:29 AM 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southwest Of Sumatra, Indonesia Apr 14 00:29 AM 4.3 9 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southwest Of Sumatra, Indonesia Apr 14 00:29 AM 4.3 10 MAP I Felt It

    Data sources courtesy : USGS – EMSC – GFZ – GEONET

    Earthquakes occurred yesterday (UTC time), but today local time

    Still many aftershocks in the Indian Ocean West of  Northern Sumatra

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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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    1. manoj kumar says:
      April 14, 2012 at 7:03 am

      I also felt a vibration in navi Mumbai (vashi) while taking a call in arvato bpo.

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