(Major) Earthquakes list July 4, 2012 – Moderate earthquake shakes Anguilla (Leeuward Islands)

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Moderate earthquake shakes Anguilla (Leeuward Islands)
The hypocenter or focal depth was luckily at an intermediate depth, which makes the earthquake less dangerous. Earthquake-Report.com does not expect any damage because of this earthquake.
Due to this depth, the earthquake waves are being felt as a weak shaking at the other islands in the area like Curacao, St Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, etc
Tonights quake is one of the stronger earthquakes in this area of the world. People are used to weaker earthquakes and only now and then a stronger one like today. People do not have to worry for a tsunami as generating a tsunami needs a lot more energy than a M5.2 earthquake.
7 km (4 miles) ESE of Stoney Ground, Anguilla

MMI V shaking in Chile’s BioBio
We were a little surprised that a, seemingly moderate earthquake (M4.7 reported by USGS), was reported as a MMI V (moderate intensity) earthquake by ONEMI Chile, a to be trusted government organization. The quake occurred at 04:33 AM local time. The MMI V was reported in the following towns and villages (all in the Aurecania region) : Angol, Collipulli, Nueva Imperial, Padre las Casas, Renaico and Temuco
MMI IV in the following BioBio villages and towns : Cañete, Laja, Lebu, Los Ángeles, Nacimiento, Negrete and San Rosendo – Epicenter : see list
Update : The seismological service of the University of Santiago reports a Magnitude of Ml5.2 at a depth of 32.7 km. 1.1 million people are living within a radius of 100 km.

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SRC Location UTC Date/time M D INFO
EMSC Crete, Greece Jul 04 23:46 4.8 69 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Crete, Greece Jul 04 23:46 4.8 60 MAP I Felt It
USGS Crete, Greece Jul 04 23:46 4.8 35 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Crete, Greece Jul 04 23:46 4.9 52 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Sunda Strait, Indonesia Jul 04 23:39 4.6 116 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Near Coast Of Central Chile Jul 04 22:57 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It
USGS Offshore Bio-bio, Chile Jul 04 22:57 4.6 11 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Offshore Bio-bio, Chile Jul 04 22:57 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
USGS Anguilla Region, Leeward Islands Jul 04 21:29 5.1 88 MAP I Felt It
  • Cupecoy - Wow, Two very strong tremors yesterday around 5 pm I was told that was the strongest quake ever felt here.
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    EMSC St. Martin Region, Leeward Isl. Jul 04 21:29 5.1 87 MAP I Felt It
  • Saint Martin - St Martin French West Indies
  • St Maarten - Felt like two quakes with a 5 sec or so pause
  • Nevis, West Indies. - Barely noticed it, but it was there.
  • Sint Maarten - Scary
  • Sint Maarten - Moderate shaking indicated
  • Cupecoy, SXM - twice, about 10 sec or so apart. Most intense one in 2 years
  • Saba Dutch Caribbean - brief but could feel the shake.
  • Sandy Ground - Scary
  • St. Maarten - Scary!!! I nearly ran outside naked. I'm from Florida, we don't get earthquakes.
  • Orient bay, st Martin - Like a thunderclap followed by house shaking and ground rumbling very alarming
  • sxm, belair - Wow,what a shake up
  • SAINT MARTIN - Strong shaking and very big noise like an explosion but very short maybe 2 seconds
  • St. Maarten-Oyster Bay - The balcony shook and the room shook with both quakes that were about 5 seconds apart.
  • Orient Bay - Caused loud rumbling in foundation of building, knocked pictures on wall crooked. Mostly up and down motion of short duration (6 seconds).
  • Saint-Martin - There are 2 quake location maps - one north of St. Martin and one east of St. Martin. I was swimming 2 miles from the quake east of Orient Beach. I noticed nothing while swimming.
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    USGS Anguilla Region, Leeward Islands Jul 04 21:29 5.2 57 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Leeward Islands Jul 04 21:29 5.1 85 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Chile-argentina Border Region Jul 04 15:23 4.7 160 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Kermadec Islands, New Zealand Jul 04 14:36 5.1 121 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Kermadec Islands, New Zealand Jul 04 14:36 5.1 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Kermadec Islands, New Zealand Jul 04 14:36 5.1 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Hokkaido, Japan Region Jul 04 13:28 4.8 80 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Samar, Philippines Jul 04 13:01 4.9 194 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Samar, Philippines Jul 04 13:01 5.1 34 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Philippine Islands Region Jul 04 13:01 5.0 126 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Philippine Islands Region Jul 04 13:01 5.1 100 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Ionian Sea Jul 04 11:12 4.8 53 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Ionian Sea Jul 04 11:12 4.8 40 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Ionian Sea Jul 04 11:12 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Leyte, Philippines Jul 04 11:09 4.8 19 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.n.g. Jul 04 10:26 4.9 105 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.n.g. Jul 04 10:26 4.9 100 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Eastern New Guinea Region, Papua New Guinea Jul 04 10:26 4.9 99 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Araucania, Chile Jul 04 08:33 4.7 30 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Central Chile Jul 04 08:33 5.4 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Araucania, Chile Jul 04 08:33 4.7 9 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Kepulauan Mentawai Region, Indonesia Jul 04 05:38 4.6 66 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia Jul 04 05:38 4.6 66 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON New Britain Region, P.n.g. Jul 04 03:15 5.0 40 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC New Britain Region, P.n.g. Jul 04 03:15 4.8 32 MAP I Felt It
    USGS New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea Jul 04 03:15 4.8 31 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Kuril Islands Jul 04 02:37 4.6 98 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Kuril Islands Jul 04 02:37 4.6 80 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Kuril Islands Jul 04 02:37 4.6 74 MAP I Felt It
    USGS West Of Macquarie Island Jul 04 00:04 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC West Of Macquarie Island Jul 04 00:04 4.9 10 MAP I Felt It

    Data sources courtesy : USGS – EMSC – GFZ – GEONET

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    Xizang (Tibet)
    		 Jul 03 19:11 PM M 4.7 Depth 10.0 km

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    MMI II (Very weak shaking) ?
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    MMI III (Weak shaking) ?
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    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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