(Major) Earthquakes list May 11, 2012 – Strong shallow earthquake in New Zealand Fiordland

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Strong shallow earthquake in New Zealand Fiordland
Geonet reports a strong shallow earthquake on the southern tip of Fiordland.  The earthquake has been felt all over the southern part of the South Island.  Max. reported intensity was MM5 (strong shaking) at Tuatapere. Most of the people reporting were mentioning “largely observed”. The hypocenter depth was only 12 km.
40 km west of Tuatapere,  60 km west of Otautau and 90 km west of Invercargill

Strong earthquake 50 km to the east of Cyprus
A strong earthquake occurred 60 km to the east of the Cyprus coast. The quake was however below the seabed and will not generate damage on the island.
All neighboring countries like Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Syria, Turkey and Greece will have felt this earthquake.

Earthquake in Assam, India
We have noticed higher demand from Bangladesh and India
A Magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurred 17 km from Raha and 352 km from Dhaka.
The earthquake is moderate and shallow. There is a minor chance on minor damage close to the epicenter (fallen objects for example)
65 km (41 miles) WNW (292°) from Ramat Gan, Israel
93 km (58 miles) SSE (168°) from Famagusta, Cyprus
120 km (74 miles) SE (142°) from NICOSIA, Cyprus
Please let us know with the form how this earthquake was felt in these neighboring countries
Update :  The depth will weaken the shaking but due to this depth the earthquake was felt in  a wider area.

Label info : M = magnitude, D = depth (km), Time = UTC – Click here for the Time Zone world map.

SRC Location UTC Date/time M D INFORMATION
USGS Offshore Guatemala May 11 23:37 PM 4.3 59 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Offshore Guatemala May 11 23:37 PM 4.3 60 MAP I Felt It
USGS Flores Region, Indonesia May 11 23:05 PM 4.5 123 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Flores Region, Indonesia May 11 23:05 PM 4.6 133 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Off W. Coast Of S. Island, N.z. May 11 22:07 PM 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It
USGS Off The West Coast Of The South Island Of New May 11 22:07 PM 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It
GEONET Fiordland May 11 22:07 PM 5.5 12 MAP I Felt It
USGS Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska May 11 21:08 PM 4.3 32 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands May 11 21:08 PM 4.3 32 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Izu Islands, Japan Region May 11 20:34 PM 5.1 400 MAP I Felt It
USGS Izu Islands, Japan Region May 11 20:34 PM 5.1 400 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Salta, Argentina May 11 19:26 PM 4.4 541 MAP I Felt It
USGS Salta, Argentina May 11 19:26 PM 4.4 543 MAP I Felt It
USGS Cyprus Region May 11 18:48 PM 5.4 21 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Cyprus Region May 11 18:48 PM 5.5 20 MAP I Felt It
  • Ramallah, West Bank - weak shaking, lasted about 5 seconds
  • Nasr City Egypt - shook slightly back and forth in chair
  • Nasr City Egypt - Very weak shaking indicated
  • Limassol - Moderate shaking indicated
  • Amman, Jordan - Felt hotel sway back and forth for a few seconds
  • Irbid, Jordan - Very weak shaking indicated
  • Cyprus - Tonight at 21.50 my computer table was shaking and so did the celing fans
  • ISRAEL - Moderate shaking indicated
  • Unknown - The couch started shaking so hard that i thought someone was pushing it up off the ground, lasted for a couple of seconds though
  • Amman jordan - Very weak shaking indicated
  • near Jerusalem, Israel - didn't feel anything
  • Limassol - This is one of the strongest I have felt so far and it lasted around 30 seconds although seemed longer
  • Limassol - There was another earthquake a couple of days ago. It lasted longer and was pretty strong. I hope there won't be any more and I really hope they won't get stronger.. (source EMSC)
  • Nicosia - I felt the armchair sway slightly. I had the laptop on my knees and immediately wrote EARTHQUAKE on my status on facebook. other people commented that they felt it too. I estimated the magnitude to be 5 (which was very close). Being a Cypriot, I am quite accustomed to earthquakes between 4-6.5. (source EMSC)
  • Paphos - Strange noise and slight wobbling. (source EMSC)
  • Amman, Jordan - It happened twice that I anticipated an earthquake. I was in Cyprus that time (last year); in one case by few hours. (source EMSC)
  • Egypt, Maadi - chair shaking and the building too we live on the 6 floor in Maadi.stuff and furniture was moving .
  • Ramtha, Jordan - Our front door rattled very loudly and then we felt the furniture shake.
  • CYPRUS - Light shaking indicated
  • Maadi-Cairo, Egypt - Strong shaking of my chair and ground and then subsided to a gentle shake, lasted for about 15 seconds or more
  • Amman Jordan, Sheraton Hotel - I was on the 8th floor in my hotel room and was rocked back and forth in my chair as the hotel moved back and forth about 4 times. I was facing Easterly, so the movement I felt was a swaying back and forth (East to West). It was strong enough that the water in my glas still had movement after the swaying stopped.
  • Nicosia - Did not feel anything. Sleeping
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    USGS Kuril Islands May 11 18:37 PM 5.0 48 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Kuril Islands May 11 18:37 PM 5.1 50 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Eastern Honshu, Japan May 11 17:59 PM 4.5 111 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Eastern Honshu, Japan May 11 17:59 PM 4.4 40 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Assam, India May 11 12:41 PM 5.3 11 MAP I Felt It
  • Visakhapatnam - i was in my room preparing for exams as they were near..and what i saw was that the wall against which i was leaning and the floor on which i was sitting began to shake..the laptop screen too began shaking..i immediately made out that it's an earthquake..this was my second experience of earthquake..before this,i had felt the same at my school in the classroom on 23rd march 2009,i.e., 2 years back from now..then too, i was leaning on the wall in the similar fashion..
  • Tezpur - i was on my bicycle and suddenly i felt some force was making my vehicle sway.i jumped down and started running away from electric lines when i saw people rushing out to the street.it lasted for more or less 30-35 seconds at least
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    EMSC Assam, India May 11 12:41 PM 5.4 10 MAP I Felt It
  • Chennai - I felt earthquake at 11.37pm when i laid on bed. I was scared and came out of my home but no one else have came out from neighbor house. But really i felt shaking.
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    USGS Gansu-qinghai Border Region, China May 11 10:18 AM 5.0 31 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Gansu-qinghai Border Reg, China May 11 10:18 AM 5.0 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Antigua And Barbuda Region, Leeward Islands May 11 08:36 AM 4.3 38 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Antigua And Barbuda Region May 11 08:36 AM 4.3 38 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands May 11 07:33 AM 4.3 55 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska May 11 07:33 AM 4.3 54 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Guatemala May 11 06:15 AM 4.4 7 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Guatemala May 11 06:15 AM 4.4 8 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Near S Coast Of Papua, Indonesia May 11 05:49 AM 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Bougainville Region, P.n.g. May 11 01:32 AM 4.8 200 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Bougainville Region, Papua New Guinea May 11 01:31 AM 4.6 190 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Seram, Indonesia May 11 00:52 AM 4.4 35 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Seram, Indonesia May 11 00:52 AM 4.4 35 MAP I Felt It

    Data sources courtesy : USGS – EMSC – GFZ – GEONET

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    M 5.2      2012/05/10 19:11     Depth 8.6 km     MOLUCCA SEA, INDONESIA

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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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