(Major) Earthquakes list July 27, 2012 – Earthquake below Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – Minor damage

Last update: July 28, 2012 at 8:55 am by By

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Earthquake(s) in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Based on the number of visitors from Bosnia and Herzegovina, we think that an earthquake must have been felt
The earthquake has a preliminary Magnitude of M4.5 at a depth of 2 to 5 km
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9 km NE Zenica (pop 164,423)
18 km NW Kakanj (pop 12,406)
Based on the preliminary data from the seismological agencies, we do not expect that this earthquake will generate serious damage or injuries.
Update : USGS reports a slightly higher Magnitude of M4.6 at a depth of 5.2 km
Update : 140,000 people are living within a 10 km radius of the epicenter
Update : The earthquake happened 5km from Zenica. The nearest populated places are: Carica (16km), Gusti Grab (15km), Sebinje (15km), Donji Banjevac (18km), Busovaca (14km), Kaonik (12km), Kruscica (18km), Kakanj (13km), Lasva (10km), Vitez (16km), Gacice (16km), Dubravica (13km), Gornji Cajdras (8km), Puhovac (9km), Brajkovici (16km), Brnjic (13km), Stranjani (11km), Guca Gora (19km), Gornja Gracanica (4km), Vranduk (9km), Pepelari (10km), Loznik (13km), Nemila (13km), Mitrovici (20km), Begov Han (15km), Serici (19km). The closest civilian airport is Sarajevo Butmir (53km).
Update : Cracks in walls cannot be excluded with this extremely shallow depth
Update 28/7 – 00:09 UTC : An aftershock measuring M4.2 has occurred 30 minutes after the mainshock
Final update 08:37 UTC : We have counted 3 major aftershocks so far (M4.2, M3.5 and M3.3). As we have stated shortly after the earthquake, the extremely shallow depth may have created cracks in walls. This became reality and some pictures and reports are showing also fallen stones from roofs. We have NO reports of injured people (partly because the earthquake happened at 01:12 local time, a time that most people are inside.
People in Zenica took to the streets immediately after the shaking and stayed there for some time because of fear for aftershocks. The earthquake was felt in most parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and in cities like Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Goraždue, Bihac as well as in Serbia

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SRC Location UTC Date/time M D INFORMATION
GEOFON Nw Balkan Region Jul 27 23:12 PM 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It
USGS Bosnia And Herzegovina Jul 27 23:12 PM 4.6 5 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Bosnia And Herzegovina Jul 27 23:12 PM 4.7 2 MAP I Felt It
  • Sarajevo - Moderate shaking reported at Sarajevo
  • Sarajevo - Lenght of earth quake app 4-6 sec. Apartment shaking, curtains visibly moving. "slow" shake, felt like dizziness
  • Banja Luka - light shake in Banja Luka, BiH ...
  • Zivinice - Light shaking indicated
  • Slavonski Brod - Very weak shaking
  • Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina - I was sitting on sofa, and for second I have thought that something is wrong with me, because I had a feeling that all room started shaking, especially under my feet. I live on 7th floor and felt very uncomfortable for moment. I noticed small things in room started to move, and small fish tank on table moved for about 0.3 meters. Hopefully this is it...:
  • Visoko - (Moderate shaking
  • Teslic - In bed at the time all of a sudden the bed was shaking it awoke me my husband also awoke and said it was a quake very frighting
  • Zenica - Earthquake happened 3 times in about 2 hours (third happened while I was filling this questionnaire) (via EMSC)
  • Zenica - IN 30 years of my life I never experienced earthquake like this. (via emsc)
  • Zenica - I sat up late, it was around 01:13 local time. Since one has heard the rumbling mountain-like attack (We will often be called Rock bursts are a percent of the mining environment) then rumble with lighter swing, all lasted about 10 seconds (via emsc)
  • Busovača - Woke me up, so yeah, it was scary abit. The feeling was not realy good! (via emsc)
  • Vitez - No, I was just scared by that awful rumbling. But other people who live in upper floors were frightened and many went out of their flats.
  • Zavidovići - Just answer few calls since fam.and friends called in,considering were in Bosnia,there is a lot of fears over various things-like shaking in the midle of the night.All in all i do hope everyone is ok and safe.Have a good night folks.No fear!! (via emsc)
  • Zenica - Everything was shaking, closets, beds, pictures hanging on the walls, the building itself, it was scary and it took as couple of hours to come back to our homes, we were terrified and in a huge panic of the new one.
  • Kakanj - Brief but strong shaking that finally woke me up towards the end.
  • Zenica - Fear. The first will be heard the rumble and then came and rocking. It took about 10 seconds. After an hour and followed a new and even looser
  • Travnik - As it was my first experience it was pretty scary. Especially as I was sweeping up the stairs.
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    EMSC Molucca Sea Jul 27 23:00 PM 4.3 150 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Northern Molucca Sea Jul 27 23:00 PM 4.3 150 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Caspian Sea Jul 27 21:39 PM 4.3 2 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Caspian Sea Jul 27 21:39 PM 4.3 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Caspian Sea Jul 27 21:39 PM 4.4 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Sichuan, China Jul 27 21:28 PM 4.4 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Eastern Sichuan, China Jul 27 21:28 PM 4.6 40 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Eastern Sichuan, China Jul 27 21:28 PM 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Northern Iran Jul 27 21:19 PM 4.3 2 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Tonga Region Jul 27 19:20 PM 4.9 26 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Tonga Islands Region Jul 27 19:20 PM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Near The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Jul 27 14:40 PM 4.7 77 MAP I Felt It
  • Tokyo - This was my first earthquake. I was trying to fall asleep when I felt some very light shaking. I thought I was dreaming, so I watched the clock to see how late it was and just now I saw that it really was an earthquake.
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    EMSC Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Jul 27 14:40 PM 4.6 70 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Jul 27 14:40 PM 4.6 57 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Northern Sumatra, Indonesia Jul 27 13:25 PM 4.8 159 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Northern Sumatra, Indonesia Jul 27 13:25 PM 4.7 153 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Volcano Islands, Japan Region Jul 27 11:15 AM 4.6 108 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Volcano Islands, Japan Region Jul 27 11:15 AM 5.0 92 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Volcano Islands, Japan Region Jul 27 11:15 AM 5.0 45 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Chile-argentina Border Region Jul 27 06:10 AM 4.3 180 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Salta, Argentina Jul 27 06:10 AM 4.4 162 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Salta, Argentina Jul 27 06:10 AM 4.4 162 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Southwestern Siberia, Russia Jul 27 03:58 AM 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southwestern Siberia, Russia Jul 27 03:58 AM 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southwestern Siberia, Russia Jul 27 03:58 AM 4.7 14 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Mariana Islands Region Jul 27 03:37 AM 5.4 302 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Mariana Islands Region Jul 27 03:37 AM 5.4 300 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Mariana Islands Region Jul 27 03:37 AM 5.3 306 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Offshore Oaxaca, Mexico Jul 27 02:23 AM 4.4 27 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Offshore Oaxaca, Mexico Jul 27 02:23 AM 4.4 26 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Guatemala Jul 27 02:07 AM 4.6 254 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Guatemala Jul 27 02:06 AM 4.7 232 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Guatemala Jul 27 02:06 AM 4.5 214 MAP I Felt It

    Data sources courtesy : USGS – EMSC – GFZ – GEONET

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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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