(Major) Earthquakes list June 9, 2012 – Very strong but deep earthquake off the coast of Taiwan

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Very strong earthquake off the coast of Northern Taiwan
A very strong but deep earthquake occurred 50 km to the east of North Taiwan.
The depth of approx. 70 km had an effect that people felt the earthquake in a wide radius.
Taiwan has a very good preparedness record but has also a lot of earthquakes. Today’s earthquake is one of the most powerful since a long time, but was luckily deep and off the island’s coast.
Click here for an in-depth article on the Taiwan earthquake

Moderate earthquake in Pokhara, Nepal
01:39:10 PM at epicenter
Tremors were well felt in Pokhara, Chitwan, Gorkha and even in capital Kathmandu.
Nepal seismological center mentions magnitude 5.1 with epicenter  14 km NE of Pokhara. Pokhara is the second largest city of Nepal.
Update: There are some houses with minor damages like cracked walls in Pokhara.

Moderate earthquake in Northern Italy (new area!)
The earthquake occurred at 04:04 in the middle of the night. Surprisingly this earthquake was not an aftershock in the Ferrara, Mantua, Parma area but mote to the West direction Udinese.  82 km to the north of Venice and in the foothills of the Dolomites mountain range.
The people living in this area have also felt the stronger Ferrara earthquakes.

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SRC Location UTC Date/time M D INFORMATION
GEOFON Off West Coast Of Northern Sumatra Jun 09 22:05 PM 4.5 10 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Taiwan Region Jun 09 21:54 PM 4.6 74 MAP I Felt It
USGS Taiwan Region Jun 09 21:54 PM 4.6 74 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Taiwan Region Jun 09 21:54 PM 4.7 58 MAP I Felt It
USGS Taiwan Region Jun 09 21:00 PM 6.0 70 MAP I Felt It
  • Taiwan - the whole house was shaking, im on the 10th floor. things on the walls were swaying.. it was actually a little frightening
  • Taipei city - But short, only about 5 sec. Woke up. 5am in the morning.
  • Taipei, Yong He - Moderate shaking indicated
  • Taiwan, Taipei - Woken up at around 5am and felt my whole building swaying. Lives on 24th floor
  • Taipei - Woke my out of bed. I'm staying at the HOward Plaza Hotel on the 10th floor. Definite shaking and slight swaying dor about 30 seconds.
  • New Taipei City, Xinzhuang - Woke me up around 5:00... lasted for about 30 seconds.
  • Hsinchu, Taiwan - Slow swaying motion on the 8th floor. Lasted about 20-30 seconds.
  • Downtown Taipei - Sleeping in Hotel near Train Station. Woke me up around 5:00AM.. Pretty decent shaking that lasted for 10-15 seconds
  • banciao, taiwan - I was woke up by this strong shaking of my bed. Very unsettling!
  • Zhunan, Miaoli County - Large amplitude, low frequency. Felt like I was severily dizzy.
  • Hualien, Taiwan - In bed in guest university guest house, and already awake. Suddenly bed was moving gently back and forth. Immediately recognized as earthquake, but not scary.
  • Taipei - Light shaking reported
  • Xindian Dist. Taiwan - Not incredibly strong, but when I woke up I could hear the walls shaking and it felt like someone was giving my bed a gentle rocking. It was just strong enough that I could be sure it was an earthquake, no damage or anything though.
  • Linkou Heights - Linkou is at 230 M above sea level, further from Yilan than Taipei is. Possibly an Altitude / amplitude combination made it feeling stronger vs. all others in the last years. We woke up when a photo frame tumbled down. Damage observed: - +\- 30 yellow bricks in one outer wall which are vertically broken, showing hairlines of 0.5 mm width.
  • Taoyuan - We felt strong shaking for about 15 seconds and heard noises out side such as stuff falling.
  • Kaohsiung - It was long. The house swayed for twenty seconds, at least.
  • Danshui, Taiwan - Woke me up at 5:00 a.m., bed shaking quite strongly and building groaning. I had earplugs in but could still hear it. The shaking went on for a long time, seemed to subside then started up again. I'm on the 9th floor so tend to feel it more, I think. One of the biggest I've felt here, not the usual gentle swaying I normally feel. Nothing in the house fell over, though,
  • Taipei - I woke up at 5am and was like, "Whoa...Earthquake..."
  • Kaohsiung - Woke me up in the morning. Very short and weak in KH.
  • Taipei - Woke up at 5am. Felt my bed shaking at a low frequency and thought I was sick. Lasted about 20 seconds.
  • Taipei - 5am, lasted around 25 seconds at most. Moderate movement, easy to stand up, nothing fell off walls or shelves, although surfboards and guitars leaning on walls rocked a little. On 11th floor, so potentially magnified versus ground level. Happy to not be hung over though.
  • Hualien - Felt it in my sleep, then woke up and shouted "earthquake". My bed was swaying and then it stoped. Nothing broke, it was all fine.
  • Danshui - Woke up because of the earthquake, first thought it will be over soon, was only a gentle back and forth movement, but then it became stronger and I went out of my bed to go under the doorframe, lasted about 40seconds, some stuff in my house got knocked over.
  • Taipei City - I was woken abruptly at 5 am by mild shaking. The shaking seemed to subside for a few seconds, then came back much stronger. A few little things in the flat fell over, picture frames went askew, and the drawers in the kitchen opened. Shaking lasted about 20 seconds, and the building swayed lightly for 30-60 seconds afterward. I am on the 5th floor of a new building in downtown Taipei.
  • Taipei - Earthquake was around 30 secs. Room was shaking.
  • Tainan Taiwan - It was early in the working and I was in 15 floor hotel room. The room started to shake and the whole building swayed from side to side. This was my first experience of anything like this. Was I little concerned but not afraid. I called hotel lobby to check, got an all clear and went back to bed.
  • Zonge,New taipei city - I was doing my office work at 5.00am in my notebook and plan to sleep. At around 5:07am there was a strong shaking in the building. I was living on the 5th floor. My TV, table were shaking. I kept my pillow on top of my head to avoid if anything fall from top. Due to the shaking i felt the building was going to collapse.The quake was about 10 to 15 seconds. After that there was a small quake again occur for 5seconds in the interval of 10 seconds from the first one.
  • Taichung - i was awakened when the double deck is swayed (TEPZ)
  • Taipei - It woke us up at around 5.00am, the bed felt like it was swaying/shaking. It lasted around 10 seconds. We have since spotted cracks in the walls, we are on the 5th floor. Good to know that everyone is ok.
  • Taipei - I was talking with some friends outside when I felt the shaking around 5AM, that was strong enough, but short, less then 5 seconds. I never felt it before in Taipei, on the south is normal...
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    GEOFON Taiwan Region Jun 09 21:00 PM 5.9 66 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Taiwan Region Jun 09 21:00 PM 5.9 74 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia Jun 09 16:30 PM 4.6 120 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia Jun 09 16:30 PM 4.7 110 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi Jun 09 16:30 PM 4.8 79 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Near Coast Of Peru Jun 09 15:28 PM 4.5 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Kuril Islands Jun 09 14:23 PM 5.5 60 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Kuril Islands Jun 09 14:23 PM 5.3 32 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Kuril Islands Jun 09 14:23 PM 5.5 46 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of The Kamchatka Peninsula Jun 09 12:02 PM 5.0 21 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Kamchatka Jun 09 12:02 PM 5.2 20 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off East Coast Of Kamchatka Jun 09 12:02 PM 5.4 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC South Sandwich Islands Region Jun 09 09:53 AM 5.1 43 MAP I Felt It
    USGS South Sandwich Islands Region Jun 09 09:53 AM 5.1 37 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON South Sandwich Islands Region Jun 09 09:53 AM 5.2 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Seram, Indonesia Jun 09 08:49 AM 5.1 38 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Ceram Sea, Indonesia Jun 09 08:49 AM 5.1 40 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Ceram Sea Jun 09 08:49 AM 5.1 25 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Nepal Jun 09 07:54 AM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Nepal Jun 09 07:54 AM 4.8 20 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Nepal Jun 09 07:54 AM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
  • Pokhara - Felt the shaking clearly, but it was not very long.
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    EMSC Taiwan Jun 09 04:41 AM 4.7 24 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Taiwan Jun 09 04:41 AM 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Taiwan Jun 09 04:41 AM 4.6 18 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Kuril Islands Jun 09 03:59 AM 4.9 72 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Kuril Islands Jun 09 03:59 AM 4.8 73 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Kuril Islands Jun 09 03:59 AM 5.2 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Northern Italy Jun 09 02:04 AM 4.5 14 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Northern Italy Jun 09 02:04 AM 4.5 10 MAP I Felt It
  • aviano - really deep bass sound. felt the house rock
  • arcugnano - Sitting on our couch and it shook lightly for about 5-7 seconds.
  • venice - It was long duration
  • Aviano - It shook me out of my deep sleep! Lasted a few seconds.
  • Mania go - Windows moved and a deep bass sound. About 2-5 seconds in length.
  • Sacile, Italy - Was awaken at 0402 to shaking and rumbling. Just wanted to know where it came from.
  • Vigonovo di Fontanafredda, PN Italy - Light shaking for 5-10 seconds woke everyone up occured at 0400 local time. No structural damage noticeable
  • Sacile - felt about 2 seconds. on 2nd floor.
  • Porcia - I was driving home on SS13 when I felt my car begin to shake. At first I thought I'd got a flat until I noticed the dumpster on the side of the road was also shaking.
  • Farra d'Alpago - bass sound and 2 seconds of light shaking
  • Scaile - I was sleeping and I thought my dog was shaking my bed but, when I called his name he was nowhere to be found around me so I figured it was a dream but, then I looked on google for an earthquake I guess that's what it was. I think the third one is the last aftermath they predict. Hopefully they are right.
  • Sacile - I brought me out of my deep sleep thought the dog was jumping and then shaking on my bed called his name he was no where to be found around me looked at google found this website and I can now say that I felt the earthquake. Didnt feel a thing in the other two. My Aunt works for Nasa I hope they are right only two for the aftermath. It seems as they are getting stronger.
  • Fontanafredda - I woke to a noi that sounded like a vehicle outside with loud bass, felt the bed swaying and jumped out of bed. felt the floor and heard all of my candle vases with hanging glass on them clinking loudly. then it all stopped.
  • Italy - Woke me out of my sleep
  • Malnisio - It woke me up. It's the strongest I've felt here in the past 15 years.
  • Aviano - I honestly thought I was still dreaming when I woke up and things were falling off of shelves, I just rolled over.
  • Caneva - Woke up to the house shaking and dogs pacing. Only last 5-10 seconds.
  • Polceingo - woke me and my husband up from a deep sleep. Our bed room is up on the 2nd floor.
  • Budoia Italy - My husband and I woke up from the shaking. I am not sure how long it lasted but it did wake me out of a deep sleep. We could hear our windows rattle. This is the strongest one I have felt out of the most recent quakes.
  • Polcenigo - It woke my husband and I up from a deep sleep. We heard a deep rolling bass that coincided with the rolling of the ground.
  • Vicenza - Few seconds but noticeable, woke me up
  • Marsure (Aviano) - Woke me up from a very sound sleep - strong jolt, with a noticeably resounding "boom" and shaking of the house, but lasting just a few seconds. Dogs all over the neighborhood started barking. Definitely stronger than any other felt recently in this area...
  • Mestre - More like a truck rumble (sound) that lasted a bit longer than normal.
  • Ranzano, (Viganovo) Italy - Shook hard enough to wake me. Shook the Entire bed and dresser for at least five seconds. The TV on top of the dresser was also shaking.
  • Italy - it woke up, first earthquake i have felt since i lived here
  • Ranzano, Viginovo, Italy - RANZANO/ VIGINOVO, ITALY A loud boom woke me up from a dead sleep while my bed was shaking house was shaking. At 0404 09/06/2012
  • Italy - Loud bang woke me from deep sleep;house gave a short, sharp lurch. No damage. Wary about going back to bed afterwards but sleep won.
  • Italy - Light shaking that lasted 3 seconds.
  • Sacile, Italy - We had about 3 sec of shaking that woke me and my wife, similar to the recent earthquake we felt here centered north of Bologna, but of much shorter duration.
  • Roveredo - @ 4:00 am Very loud rumble with shaking - it didn't last long I was waiting for more to happen.
  • Polcenigo - Around 4am felt the tiles rumbling and the pictures on the walls started rattling. It sounded like thunder rolling through the ground. A car alarm started going off.
  • Maniago - Woke me from sleep.
  • Sacile, Italy - I woke up because I thought my husband had hit the bed actidentially coming in w/o light, but as I was alone in the room and the bed continued shaking and the glasses on the table rattled, I realized it was an earthquake. Got up to wake everybody and we took the kids out (waking and evacuating took about 4 min, by then it was long over) and sat in the car for a while, in case of more. Then back to bed, but for me the night was over ...
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    EMSC Northern Italy Jun 09 02:04 AM 4.5 5 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Kuril Islands Jun 09 01:30 AM 4.4 124 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Kuril Islands Jun 09 01:29 AM 5.0 33 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Kuril Islands Jun 09 01:29 AM 4.8 101 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Banda Sea Jun 09 00:55 AM 4.7 193 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Banda Sea Jun 09 00:55 AM 4.7 190 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Banda Sea Jun 09 00:55 AM 4.7 187 MAP I Felt It

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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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