(Major) Earthquakes list December 19, 2012

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The first 8 UTC hours of December 19 : NO earthquakes M4.5 or more – thats a long time ago ! – Are the Mayas saving their energy for the day after tomorrow ? ;-) But honestly, let us hope it will continue like that for another 16 hours.

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SRC Location UTC Date/time M D INFO
ER I Felt A (not Listed) Strong Earthquake Dec 19 23:59 4.6 0 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 19 22:40 4.7 26 MAP I Felt It
USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 19 22:40 4.6 39 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 19 22:40 4.7 30 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Southern East Pacific Rise Dec 19 22:11 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 19 20:16 4.7 59 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Vanuatu Islands Dec 19 20:14 4.8 38 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Off Coast Of Central America Dec 19 18:27 4.6 73 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON North Pacific Ocean Dec 19 16:08 5.7 10 MAP I Felt It
EMSC North Pacific Ocean Dec 19 16:08 5.7 10 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Near West Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 19 16:08 4.7 35 MAP I Felt It
USGS Near The West Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 19 16:08 4.7 34 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Tonga Dec 19 16:02 5.0 100 MAP I Felt It
USGS Tonga Dec 19 16:02 5.0 9 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Tonga Islands Dec 19 16:02 5.0 10 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON West Of Macquarie Island Dec 19 15:19 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It
USGS West Of Macquarie Island Dec 19 15:19 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It
EMSC West Of Macquarie Island Dec 19 15:19 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Mindanao / Bohol, Philippines Dec 19 14:00 4.6 128 MAP I Felt It
  • Cebu city - Bed was shaking slightly
  • Bohol Philippines - Room moved for about 10 seconds
  • Bohol - sudden shakes
  • Mactan, Cebu city - sitting still infront of my computer and i felt my chair was kinda shaking for not more than 4 sec.
  • Dumaguete City - was sitting on a chair and it felt like someone lightly bumping me...
  • Philippines - Strong shake. I almost fell of my chair
  • Cebu, Philippines - Heard the window rattle and the bed move slowly.
  • Tagbialran - i felt i light shaking
  • Metro Dumaguete, Oriental Negros, Philip - Roughly around 15mins ago...I felt my sofa shake for about 20 seconds
  • Dumaguete city Negros Oriental - i felt the shake here in our work place as i while making calls...
  • Negros Oriental, Sibulan - Bed was moving and rocking chair too. The clothes in the cabinet were swaying and we heard the window move.
  • Sibulan, Negros Oriental - I was sitting on the bed, seems like someone bumped the bed and made it move
  • Dauis,Bohol - weak shaking happened
  • cebu - It was slighty shaky
  • Dauis Bohol - my computer table shook for about 5secs
  • Cebu City - A felt a light shaking of the floor.
  • Duero Bohol - Bed was shaking slightly
  • Dumauete - Laying on our bed with my kids when suddenly shake our bed while watching tv.
  • Dumaguete - i'm dancing coz of the earthquake. .
  • Dumaguete city - Was so hard shake here. my house totally moved. please safe us god, dec, 21 is just near
  • Cebu - I just felt for a second only
  • Dumaguete Phil - On our work building (3rd floor) and I felt the building shaked.
  • Garcia-Hernandez Bohol - It shaked 3 times for 60 sec.
  • bohol dauis - just in seconds
  • Cortes, Bohol - I was in my desk and I felt light shaking, it just 2 movements that last for 2-3 sec.
  • D. Bohol - i felt dizzy and went hungry after the shakin.. my desk was moving though..
  • Toledo City, Cebu - I was lying on my bed when i felt the bed slightly shake for about 4 seconds
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    EMSC Bohol, Philippines Dec 19 14:00 4.6 124 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Negros - Cebu Region, Philippines Dec 19 14:00 4.6 91 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Tonga Islands Dec 19 11:51 5.0 225 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Tonga Dec 19 11:51 5.0 223 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Tonga Dec 19 11:51 4.9 226 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Near Islands, Aleutian Islands Dec 19 11:14 4.7 26 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Near Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Dec 19 11:14 4.7 25 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southwest Indian Ridge Dec 19 10:26 5.0 10 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southwest Indian Ridge Dec 19 10:25 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Southwest Indian Ridge Dec 19 10:25 5.0 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON W. Caroline Islands, Micronesia Dec 19 08:46 4.6 41 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC State Of Yap, Micronesia Dec 19 08:46 4.7 40 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southern East Pacific Rise Dec 19 08:03 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Southern East Pacific Rise Dec 19 08:03 4.7 15 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern East Pacific Rise Dec 19 08:03 4.6 10 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 19 02:35 4.7 10 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 19 02:35 4.8 10 MAP I Felt It

    Data sources courtesy :  USGS – EMSC – GFZ – GEONET

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

    Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 18 18:36 PM M 5.1 Depth 30.0 km

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    I have felt it – Ik heb het gevoeld – Το έκανα αισθάνεται – Yo lo he sentido – 我的确感到了 – 私はそれを感じていました- Ich habe es gefühlt – Bunu hissediyorum yaptı – لم أشعر أنه

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    City/Village where you felt the earthquake
    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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    Comments

    1. Naomi Melendez says:
      December 19, 2012 at 2:49 pm

      I felt the quake this morning while I was a sleep. It is weird since I live in Elgin, IL. Very far from California.

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