(Major) Earthquakes list May 20, 2012 – Deadly earthquake in Northern Italy

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Moderate earthquake close to Christchurch, New Zealand
A 4.8M earthquake hit 20 km east of Christchurch at a depth of 8km and struck at 5:06p.m, local time. The shaking lasted several seconds but there have been no reports of damage.

Very strong earthquake out of the Honshu, Japan coast
Just like yesterday, another very strong earthquake just occurred in the Pacific Ocean at a non-damaging distance from the coast. Max. JMA intensity is only 3. NO tsunami risk for this earthquake.
Update : since yesterday, the epicenter area has been shaken by tens of earthquakes and a lot of them above M5. Although normally aftershocks are getting weaker and weaker, we do find the current swarm of relatively strong earthquakes kind of strange compared to normal patterns.
Update 22:38 UTC : The earthquakes are continuing also tonight. Several +M5 earthquakes with an epicenter in between 150 and 200 km out of the coast.

-Earthquake in Northern Italy (5.9M)
USGS is saying that a 5.9M earthquake had hit on Northern Italy at a depth of  10km, PAGER calculates that 8000 people would have felt a severe shaking, 183,000 a very strong shaking and 871,00 a strong shaking! We are collecting news, stay with us.
-Was located closest to the towns of San Felice sul Panaro, Finale Emilia, Composanto and Dodici Morelli. USGS indicates to news that the quake was centered in a densely populated region, west of Ferrara, northeast of Modena, and southeast of Verona.
-Several aftershocks ranging from 3.5 to 4.4 are striking the area.
-The earthquake lasted about 20 seconds.
Important Update: USGS has upgraded the earthquake to 6.0 at a depth of only 5km.
The updated PAGER says 73,000 people would felt a severe shaking!! and 178,000 a very strong shaking. Avery bad sign.
Important Update:  The earthquake did damage and unfortunately 1 person died in Bondeno on the province of Ferrara.
A church bell collapsed in Ferrara, in Finale Emilia a church steeple was reported damage, in San Felice Parano a segment of a castle collapsed.
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SRC Location UTC Date/time M D INFORMATION
GEOFON Fiji Islands Region May 20 22:45 PM 4.6 586 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 20 22:21 PM 5.2 26 MAP I Felt It
USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 20 22:21 PM 5.2 30 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 20 22:21 PM 5.0 10 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Near N. Coast Of New Guinea, Png. May 20 22:15 PM 4.9 10 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Near N Coast Of New Guinea, Png. May 20 22:15 PM 5.1 30 MAP I Felt It
USGS Near The North Coast Of New Guinea, Papua New May 20 22:15 PM 5.1 21 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 20 22:14 PM 4.6 20 MAP I Felt It
USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 20 22:14 PM 4.6 25 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Vanuatu May 20 21:15 PM 4.9 40 MAP I Felt It
USGS Vanuatu May 20 21:15 PM 5.0 47 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Vanuatu Islands May 20 21:15 PM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Northern Chile May 20 20:39 PM 4.7 100 MAP I Felt It
USGS Northern Italy May 20 17:37 PM 4.7 21 MAP I Felt It
  • Vicenza, Italy - We just had another aftershock about 4 mins ago...Sitting on my bed on my second floor as it shook
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    EMSC Northern Italy May 20 17:37 PM 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Northern Italy May 20 17:37 PM 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Simeulue, Indonesia May 20 16:11 PM 4.8 31 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off West Coast Of Northern Sumatra May 20 16:11 PM 4.9 25 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Simeulue, Indonesia May 20 16:11 PM 4.8 30 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Northern Italy May 20 13:18 PM 5.1 5 MAP I Felt It
  • Trento - 1321 UTC. lasted for long time
  • trento - was quite long!
  • arcugnano - About 40 seconds of shaking. Pictures and mirrors on wall were moving. Heard glasses in the cabinets rattling.
  • Castelfranco Emilia - Stronger and longer than previously, quite fearful this one.
  • Argenta - Shaking experience bad feeling
  • Milano - Felt slow undulations in my aptartment building back and forth for about 20 seconds
  • Milano - Felt slow undulations in my apartment building back and forth for about 20 seconds
  • Ferrara - Moderate shaking reported
  • Modena - a las 4:05am empezó un ruído que durante 20seg fué ascendiendo
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    USGS Northern Italy May 20 13:18 PM 5.1 8 MAP I Felt It
    INGV Pianura Padana Emiliana, Italy May 20 13:18 PM 5.1 4 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Northern Italy May 20 13:18 PM 5.2 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 20 12:54 PM 4.6 17 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 20 12:54 PM 4.6 15 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Java, Indonesia May 20 12:37 PM 4.8 60 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Java, Indonesia May 20 12:37 PM 4.8 53 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Java, Indonesia May 20 12:37 PM 4.9 42 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Samar, Philippines May 20 12:36 PM 4.7 94 MAP I Felt It
  • Borongan, Eastern Samar, Philippines - The shaking was moderate and it lasted for about 10 seconds.
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    EMSC Samar, Philippines May 20 12:36 PM 4.6 95 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern Italy May 20 09:13 AM 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It
  • Argenta - This one just woke me from sleeping after tonite's shakes... Not so hard but clearly felt.
  • Trento - Woke me up, but not serious like early in the mornin 4:04
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    EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 20 08:41 AM 5.0 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 20 08:41 AM 5.2 31 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 20 08:41 AM 5.0 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 20 08:40 AM 4.9 24 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 20 08:40 AM 5.1 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 20 08:21 AM 5.6 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 20 08:20 AM 5.3 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 20 08:20 AM 5.5 31 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 20 07:20 AM 6.3 43 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 20 07:19 AM 6.0 10 MAP I Felt It
    JMA Sanriku Oki, Honshu, Japan May 20 07:19 AM 6.2 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 20 07:19 AM 6.0 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan May 20 07:19 AM 5.9 38 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC East Of Kuril Islands May 20 06:54 AM 5.1 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS East Of The Kuril Islands May 20 06:54 AM 5.1 17 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON East Of Kuril Islands May 20 06:54 AM 5.2 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Northern Chile May 20 06:44 AM 4.9 90 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC New Britain Region, P.n.g. May 20 05:29 AM 4.9 51 MAP I Felt It
    USGS New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea May 20 05:29 AM 4.8 35 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON New Britain Region, P.n.g. May 20 05:29 AM 5.0 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC South Island Of New Zealand May 20 05:06 AM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS South Island Of New Zealand May 20 05:06 AM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
  • Christchurch - Strong shaking reported
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    GEONET Canterbury May 20 05:06 AM 4.8 8 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern Italy May 20 03:02 AM 5.1 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Northern Italy May 20 03:02 AM 5.2 10 MAP I Felt It
  • Venice - Another little tremor. Pretty terrified :
  • Bergamo - (5h5 sentita altra scossa
  • Milano - Another shaking. 4th floor.just moved to Italy, never experienced this before.
  • Viareggio - 10 seconds of bed shaking.
  • Argenta - Another shaking after the bigger one at 0404 am: this one was shorter.
  • north slovenia - About 4 local time; two consequent shaking, separated with few seconds quite scary (4th floor)
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    EMSC Northern Italy May 20 03:02 AM 5.2 2 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Northern Italy May 20 02:03 AM 6.1 10 MAP I Felt It
  • Florence - Very weak shaking reported
  • Milano - Very weak shaking reported
  • MILAN - Moderate shaking reported
  • Longare (VI) - Shook just enough to wake me from sleep. Not like the severe shaking that just happened at 4 am, which severely shook my apartment building and set off car alarms.
  • Trento, Italy - 3rd floor of apt. building
  • Torri de Benaco - Waking up in bed, Shaking for minutes
  • Milano - Woke up to the apartment shaking. No noise, lased less than a minute
  • Asolo, Italy - Light shaking indicated
  • Arzignano (VI) - 4.05am woke to moderate shaking followed by at least 2 smaller after-shocks
  • Florence, Italy - Woke my husand and I out of a sound sleep at 0400.
  • Bologna - 4h first time in my life
  • Padova - Strong shaking reported
  • ITALY - Woke everyone up. Closet doors rattling and car alarms going off.
  • Parma - The shaking last more than 15 seconds and wake up everybody from the beginning. No fallen objects. (2nd floor)
  • Noale - grew up in southern california, shook pretty good here.
  • Venice - On holiday in Venice, from the UK. Just got woken up by bed shaking and very scary noises. Hoping that was it....us Brits are not used to it!!
  • Arcugnano - Woke from a deep sleep to shaking that lasted for about a minute. Everything on the walls shook, but nothing fell. Car alarms were set off.
  • milan, 6th floor - woke me up from sleep
  • Forlì - I'm sleeping
  • Bologna - Strong enough to wake me and my wife and to cause some little light objects to fall.
  • Desenzano del Garda - Woken up
  • Milano - Woke up for a light shaking, first time in my life. 4th floor
  • Desenzano del Garda - Light shaking reported
  • Zermatt Switzerland - 4am Shook me out of bed and dresser handles rattled pretty good.
  • Milano - Woke up for shaking
  • S.Maria di Sala, Venice,Italy - 4.03am The noise and vibration woke me & my husband from a deep sleep. (2nd floor) Not as violent as I've felt on previous occasions but very pronounced and prolongued swaying sensation - maybe 10 or 15 seconds. Furniture creaking, crockery rattling, dogs barking. Scary.
  • Bologna - Strong enough to wake almost every people in our building.
  • Reggio Emilia - Down from bed!!!
  • Reggio Emilia - Sorry... MMI VII is the correct MMI
  • Genova - Nervi - Woke me up with a thud and a rolling action. Lived 20 plus years in SF bay area and still don't like these things.
  • Genova - Nervi - Moderate shaking indicated
  • Arzignano (VI) - Moderate shaking reported
  • Lugano - 10-15 sec of shake. Wake off on 5th floor.
  • Bergamo - h405 4th floor strong
  • Porec (Parenzo) - Woke up while sleeping. Low hum, shaking, glasses vibrating, hanging stuff oscillating. Novo naselje (Porec jug), houses in a row, 2 floors, bedroom is upstairs. Duration: about 5 seconds. Thanks, greetings.
  • Montecchio Maggiore - The bed was really shaking, the wooden furniture squeaking, the wine glasses rattled in the cabinet, the closet sounded as if someone was inside dancing a rumba. I was so scared I couldn't get out of bed. I heard my neighbours open windows and go into the street. I heard the furniture squeak again, saw the water in the bottle shake, heard people cry and myself I started to cry. Here we go again, another quake!
  • Trento,Italy - Again ???
  • Alpbach, Tyrol - Light shaking indicated
  • ITALY - Woke up to building shaking. No sounds outside, many slept through it. A series of tremors afterwards, one about 29 minutes ago. I am in Venice, Italy.
  • Milan - Awakened by swaying. Heard hangers knocking in the closet.
  • Cagliari - Ho sentito nella notte verso le 2:05 un forte boato. Dopo circa 10 secondi un' altro boato. Dopo qualche minuto un terzo boato, seguito da un quarto dopo altri minuti. Verso le 2:15 l' ultimo boato. Ho creaduto fossero delle esplosioni ma erano di uguale intensità e a distanze differenti.
  • Florence, Italy - Bed shaking quite strongly around 4:20AM. It seemed to last 5seconds, then pause à few seconds, then again shaking 5seconds. It frightened me because I didn't know if it would continue...as I am from San Francisco and was there for thé 6.7 in 1989.
  • Carpi (Modena) italy - Strong shaking indicated
  • Lido di Pomposa - wakker geworden, huis bewoog, rare ervaring
  • Cannes - Reveillé dans la nuit, secousse faible 04h06. Cannes France
  • Vicena, Italy - We have experienced a light shaking here
  • Marina di Carrara (MS) - Strong shaking reported
  • Gardalake Italy - shaky shaky again on 2nd floor. it scares the crap out of me everytime.
  • Ferrara - Moderate shaking indicated
  • Savignano sul Panaro - Awakened during the night by a strange "wind-lke" sound and oscillating motion of the bed.
  • Torino, Italy - Bed shaking around 4am, 5th floor.
  • Padua - We live on the ground floor in an old building in the historic city centre of Padua, Veneto, Italy. At 4AM we felt strong shaking that lasted about 20 seconds. We heard creaking floor boards and furniture, and rattling pots and plates. People who live on the upper floors felt it even stronger. We felt a lighter after-shock at 5AM. No serious damage to buildings has been recorded in Padua so far, except a roof ledge that collapsed in the town centre.
  • Pontecorvo (FR) - Salve la notte tra il 18 e il 19 maggio ho avvertito una piccola scossa..stavo dormendo e ho sentito tremare il letto...mi sono svegliata e due secondi dopo ho sentito tremare il letto..
  • Argenta - Heard a big "booom" which woke me up. After that 20 secs of shaking, many people ran outside.
  • Milan, Italy - woke me up from sleep!
  • Pisa - Bed shook for a few seconds and light swayed for 30 secs.
  • Milano - Woke me up; was a slow rolling wave, not rattling
  • Milano - Woke me up; was a slow rolling wave, not rattling
  • Sant'ilaria d'Enza - Wake up at once and no time to think and act
  • Padova - Fairly strong earthquake here in Padova. No damages whatsoever, but as we live on the third floor, we significantly felt it. Since then, we've been feeling many minor earthquakes all day long. Interesting experience but I hope it won't get any stronger than that !
  • Gorizia - Sesto piano, ondeggiamento deciso, il palazzo ha vibrato compatto, senza rumori di muri o solette, ma l'ascensore ha fatto rumore nella sua tromba. Nessun danno rilevato
  • Trento - Le finestre agitavano come un vibratore del cellulare e mi ha svegliato fortissimo
  • Parma - Woke me up from a deep sleep. Room was shaking.
  • Capannori Centro Toscana - We live in a sixth floor apartment in a 1982 building. Shaking woke us up. Knew immediately it was an earthquake.
  • ITALY - Stavo dormendo, quando mi sono svegliato perché tremava tutto forte, un pendolo di porcellana tremava e faceva rumore, si sentiva anche una specie di boato. Ma io mi sono svegliato la mattina verso le 8 e 15 minuti convinto di aver sognato invece ho appreso che si trattava di un vero e proprio terremoto. Spero di essere stato di aiuto.
  • Azzano di Seravezza - Light shaking indicated
  • montecchio maggiore, vicenza, italy - I was teaching in class when i noticed the water in my bottle shaking on the table. On Sunday 20th between 4 and 6 am that's the same thing that happened. The shaking was much stronger then, everything rattled and shook and squeaked...but this morning at around 8 the water in the bottle was slowly moving from one side to the other.
  • Venetië - Ik stond in het parlementsgebouw en had een rondleiding. Tot 2x toe voelde ik trillingen wat ik heel raar vond omdat er geen auto s rijden in venetie en dit een heel zwaar stenen gebouw is dus trillingen van verkeer voel je daar niet . Het voelde alsof er een zware vrachtwagen voorbij denderde.
  • Ferrara - very very very bad experience....
  • Vigarano Mainarda (FE) - My little town is 15km far from the epicenter of the first earthquake of 20th o May, we awoke hearing the tremendous sound of the earth and after 1 second our house was shaking very strong. the drawers of our furniture were all opened, a lot of bottles and vases fell down. It was 22 seconds long, terrible! luckly our house didn't suffer damages.
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    INGV Emilia-romagna - Modena, Italy May 20 02:03 AM 5.9 6 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern Italy May 20 02:03 AM 6.0 5 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Northern Italy May 20 02:03 AM 6.1 10 MAP I Felt It
  • Udine - Woke at 4am to the 4th floor hotel bed swaying like someone trying to wake me...it worked!
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    EMSC Mariana Islands Region May 20 01:55 AM 5.3 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Mariana Islands Region May 20 01:55 AM 5.3 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Mariana Islands Region May 20 01:55 AM 5.1 7 MAP I Felt It

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    Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan     May 19 19:05 PM     M 5.9     Depth 5.4 km

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    MMI II (Very weak shaking) ?
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    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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