(Major) Earthquakes list September 12, 2012 – Deep earthquake in Afghanistan

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Deep earthquake in Afghanistan
An harmless earthquake occurred close to Ashkasham, Afghanistan. As the hypocenter was very deep, the earthquake will have been felt in a wide radius and will surely have been felt also in some neighboring countries like Tajikistan, Pakistan and Hashmir.

Ferry pier at Karave, Gavdos (image courtesy Vanes73)

Strong earthquake out of the Crete coast (Greece)
The epicenter of the earthquake was located on top of the subduction slopes, at a harmless distance from the main island Crete (40 km) but very close to the southern shores of Gavdos, an island to the south of Crete. Gavdos has a population of 98. Gavdos is the southernmost point of Europe and and important island for migrating birds.
The subduction area to the south of Greece has regular earthquakes, but strong ones like today, almost below the island, are not so frequent.
Update 09:12 UTC : The mayor of Gavdis, Mr. Stratis Lampakis, said that NO damage has been sustained from this earthquake. The epicenter was only 11 km from the island
Update, to be read as “interesting to know” : The Greece government has given an order to a Norvegian company to make “seismic surveys” in between Crete and Gavdos. reason of the survey is mapping the Natural gas and Oil reserves and handing them over to oil drilling companies. Environmental people are opposing the survey and eventual drilling as the area is very sensitive and as a minor accident could lead to a enormous damage to the ecosystem and the enclosed Mediterranean Sea. The area is also very “earthquake active” which is another reason to be worried. To be continued …

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SRC Location UTC Date/time M D INFORMATION
EMSC South Indian Ocean Sep 12 21:52 PM 5.2 10 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON South Indian Ocean Sep 12 21:52 PM 5.4 10 MAP I Felt It
USGS South Indian Ocean Sep 12 21:52 PM 5.4 10 MAP I Felt It
USGS Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan Sep 12 19:29 PM 5.1 188 MAP I Felt It
  • Kabul - Light shaking at Camp Eggers
  • Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan - I wss lying in bed and our BHut started shaking back and forth. It lasted for approx 10 seconds then diminished. A couple seconds later it began again, but for only a few seconds the second time.
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    EMSC Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan Sep 12 19:29 PM 5.2 193 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Afghanistan-tajikistan Border Region Sep 12 19:29 PM 5.3 175 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Halmahera, Indonesia Sep 12 18:56 PM 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Halmahera, Indonesia Sep 12 18:56 PM 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Philippine Islands Region Sep 12 14:23 PM 4.9 2 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Philippine Islands Region Sep 12 14:23 PM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Philippine Islands Region Sep 12 14:23 PM 4.9 4 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Sep 12 13:46 PM 4.6 52 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands Sep 12 13:46 PM 4.6 50 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands Sep 12 13:46 PM 4.6 33 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Solomon Islands Sep 12 11:27 AM 5.2 87 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Solomon Islands Sep 12 11:27 AM 5.5 79 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Solomon Islands Sep 12 11:27 AM 5.1 72 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Northeast Of Taiwan Sep 12 09:37 AM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southwestern Ryukyu Islands, Japan Sep 12 09:37 AM 4.8 15 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Northeast Of Taiwan Sep 12 09:37 AM 4.9 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Mendoza, Argentina Sep 12 09:20 AM 4.7 101 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Mendoza, Argentina Sep 12 09:20 AM 4.7 96 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC East Of Kuril Islands Sep 12 07:19 AM 4.7 33 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Taiwan Region Sep 12 07:18 AM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southwestern Ryukyu Isl., Japan Sep 12 07:18 AM 4.7 2 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southwestern Ryukyu Islands, Japan Sep 12 07:18 AM 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off Coast Of Costa Rica Sep 12 06:29 AM 4.7 29 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The Coast Of Costa Rica Sep 12 06:29 AM 4.8 35 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off Coast Of Costa Rica Sep 12 06:29 AM 4.7 20 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Kyrgyzstan Sep 12 05:50 AM 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Kyrgyzstan Sep 12 05:50 AM 4.6 28 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC New Britain Region, P.n.g. Sep 12 04:28 AM 5.5 66 MAP I Felt It
    USGS New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea Sep 12 04:28 AM 5.6 65 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON New Britain Region, P.n.g. Sep 12 04:28 AM 5.4 41 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Crete, Greece Sep 12 03:27 AM 5.5 27 MAP I Felt It
  • Rethymno - Woken by the bed moving back and forth in a rolling motion. Lasted about 15 seconds.
  • Heraklion - It woke 2 of us. We both thought the other person was shaking th bed. It probably lasted about 10 seconds where we were. (via emsc)
  • Heraklion - Very short and not so strong according my opinion. (via emsc)
  • Heraklion - It last about 15-20 seconds (via emsc)
  • Stavrakia - Before I noticed that it was an earthquake our dog left her usual spot. That woke me up and I felt the bed slightly moving. Afterwards it was very quiet, unusually quiet. (via emsc)
  • Crete - Really strong! Objects kept moving several minutes after earthquake was over! (via emsc)
  • Crete - Our house is made from prefabricated welded steel and just sways gently. No previous earthquakes have produced any internal wall cracks (via emsc)
  • Crete - It was a swinging Motion. It woke me up and took about 4 - 5 seconds. (via emsc)
  • Platanias - My bed and hotelroom was shaking and woke me up. Lastet about 15 seg. (via emsc)
  • Rethimnon - Rather long shaking-maybe about 25 seconds. Doors banged and half closed doors shaked heavily. (via emsc)
  • Spili - Gentle shaking 15 seconds - cupboard doors rattling. (via emsc)
  • Hora Sfakion - The shaking woke me up. It felt like a large truck went by my room. Everything shook. (via emsc)
  • Loutro Crete - I was sitting on the balcony of hotel Syfis when I experienced the shaking, this fenomenon was less shaking compared with the skaking of the second earthquake in Italy in Argelato outside Bologna 29 june 2012
  • Omalos - Short duration, about 10 seconds or less
  • Plakias - Woken by the bed shaking, I had no idea what it was until I was told later. Quite a strange sensation.
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    EMSC Crete, Greece Sep 12 03:27 AM 5.4 30 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Crete, Greece Sep 12 03:27 AM 5.3 28 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Hokkaido, Japan Region Sep 12 03:20 AM 5.0 34 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Hokkaido, Japan Region Sep 12 03:20 AM 4.7 20 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Southwest Indian Ridge Sep 12 02:57 AM 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southwest Indian Ridge Sep 12 02:57 AM 5.0 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southwest Indian Ridge Sep 12 02:57 AM 5.0 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Costa Rica Sep 12 02:13 AM 4.6 37 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Kuril Islands Sep 12 02:01 AM 4.8 79 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Kuril Islands Sep 12 02:01 AM 4.8 55 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The Coast Of Central America Sep 12 01:13 AM 4.6 35 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off Coast Of Central America Sep 12 01:13 AM 4.6 40 MAP I Felt It
    ER Unconfirmed Unlinked Experiences Sep 12 00:00 AM 4.6 0 MAP I Felt It
  • MANOLO FORTICH, BUKIDNON, PHILIPPINES - TWO MINOR EARTH QUAKES THIS DAWN
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    Data sources courtesy : USGS – EMSC – GFZ – GEONET

    Earthquakes occurred yesterday (UTC time), but today local time

    South Of The Mariana Islands Sep 11 20:52 PM M 5.0 Depth 20.8 km

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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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