A preliminary source location suggest the event likely occurred on the Longmenshan fault or a tectonically related fault at a depth of 12km.
The Longmenshan fault was the source fault of the May 12, 2008 Mw7.9 Sichuan earthquake.

The preliminary April 20 event location is approximately 85 km from the hypocentral location of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

The April 20 earthquake reflects tectonic stresses resulting from the convergence of crustal material slowly moving from the high Tibetan Plateau, to the west, against strong crust underlying the Sichuan Basin and southeastern China.

On a continental scale, the seismicity of central and eastern Asia is a result of northward convergence of the India plate against the Eurasia plate with a velocity of about 50 mm/y. The convergence of the two plates is broadly accommodated by the uplift of the Asian highlands and by the motion of crustal material to the east away from the uplifted Tibetan Plateau.

Four events of Mw6.0 or greater have occurred within 200km of the April 19 event in the past 40 years, including the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake and a subsequent aftershock. The northwestern margin of the Sichuan Basin has previously experienced destructive earthquakes.

The magnitude 7.5 earthquake of August 25, 1933, killed more than 9,300 people, while the May 12, 2008 killed 69,197.

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Part 1

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Update 05:13 UTC : Chinese seismologists are stating that the current earthquake is about 85 km from the 2008 cruel earthquake killing 68000 people. Today’s earthquake has also the same Focal Mechanism than the 2008 one.

Update 05:06 UTC : Latest news reported by CCTV China reports that a Kindergarten school should have collapsed. The station staff is now trying to get more news from this.

Update 05:01 UTC : Another video showing the shaking at a greater distance from the epicenter. The location of this video is not know, but based on the time we know that the location of the camera is rather far away.

Update 04:56 UTC : The death toll has further increased to 57 (official)
- The Sichuan, China, Mw6.6 shallow thrust quake close to southern end of aftershock zone of devastating 2008 Mw7.9 quake, similar mechanism
- The Chinese Prime Minister is on his way to the airport to overfly the earthquake area. He want to be kept briefed of all proceedings.

Update 04:52 UTC : The current rescue and relief operation is a LEVEL 1 operation. The command will be at the supreme headquarters in Beijing. Aerial footage we have seen shows a lot of collapsed buildings in the epicenter villages. The images have been photographed out of assessment mission helicopters.

Update 04:30 UTC : CCTV China reports that several buildings have collapsed and that landslides are making relief efforts and traffic to the quake hit zone very difficult.
- Public life (shops, transport etc) has come to a standstill.

Update 04:21 UTC : so far 20 aftershocks from M3.6 to M5.1. The number of fatalities has increased from 41 to 46. We know that some Press Agencies are reporting higher numbers, but we refrain from speculating and we will only mention the official number.

Update 04:11 UTC : Chengdu airport has been re-opened again

Update 04:05 UTC : Ya’an is the original Panda area in China. The current Panda park is outside Chengdu. there is no real danger for the Panda’s, as they do live in a nice open-air park (have been visiting this park last October).

Update 04:01 UTC : 41 people are now reported killed

Update 03:53 UTC : Chinese army is flying troops and rescuers to the epicenter area by helicopters

Update 03:45 UTC : Un-official Xa’an microbloggers are estimating that the death toll will rise a lot the coming hours.

Update 03:38 UTC : The Rescue authorities are now reporting 32 fatalities and at least 600 injured. These are temporary numbers and will further rise.

Update 03:29 UTC : 2000 Rescue and Relief troops from Chengdu have been dispatched to the epicenter area.

Update 03:22 UTC : A very grim picture comes from rescuers already in the earthquake epicenter zone. A lot of buildings have collapsed and the people are anxiously waiting for rescuers to help them. The final outcome will be dramatic and we expect the death toll to rise spectacularly the following hours.

Update 03:18 UTC : The number of fatalities has now officially risen to 28. The epicenter area is completely blocked by debris and landslides, common after such a major earthquake

Update 03:14 UTC : The Ya’an to Lushan County highway has been blocked

Update 03:09 UTC : The main tectonic plates colliding during this earthquake are the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate. The earthquake today follows a massive M7.8 earthquake earlier this week killing 41 in Pakistan and a M7.2 earthquake this morning in the Kuril Islands area.

Update 03:03 UTC : Chinese main newspaper Peoples Daily now reports 12 fatalities

Update 03:01 UTC : Authorities are now releasing the number of 5 killed and more than 1,000 injured

Update 02:54 UTC : Chinese earthquake SAR and relief troops are among the best trained in the world. Depending on the level of alert the command is provincially or nationally. This is definitely a National command.
Unless for many other earthquakes i remote places, the rescue and relief should be relatively quick in the epicenter area as the distance from provincial capital Chengdu is only 1 to 2 hours drive. Of course this is in normal conditions. After an earthquakes the roads may be blocked by damage, debris and/or landslides.

Chinese relief and rescue troops during another mission

Update 02:52 UTC : Officially there are only 2 fatalities so far. We will only bring other numbers when they are confirmed by many Chinese sources. Fatalities are not something to exaggerate !

Update 02:49 UTC : The picture below gives an impression of the buildings in Xa’an city, closest to the epicenter. Telecommunications (mainly mobile) are on on off reports the Chinese TV.

Panoramio image of Xa’an building types

Update 02:43 UTC : The weather in the earthquake epicenter area is bad (light rain) and people are expecting serious landslides because of the aftershocks.
- We do Thank our Chinese readers to send us so many I Have Felt It reports. Most of them are however from 100+ km from the epicenter which we see as relatively harmless.

Update 02:38 UTC : Map 1 below shows the strongest aftershocks after the M7.0 mainshock. The most recent aftershock measured M4.8. The depth of most aftershocks is varying in between 10 and 20 km.

Update 02:31 UTC : 1200 SAR (Search and Rescue) troops have been dispatched to the epicenter area to search for earthquake victims and to provide relief material.

Update 02:20 UTC : Ya’an, Sichuan earthquake occurred in the same seismic area than the 2008 earthquake. Chinese media people commenting from the Xa’an area are mentioning hundreds of injured an a number of deaths. International reports of +100 fatalities are too soon at this time.

Update 02:17 UTC : For people only coming in now , this the live report of the terrible earthquake who occurred in Sichuan, China. We are posting regular updates when they become available. Keep this page open as it will refresh every 6 minutes. We will add pictures and videos when we find the quality and content good enough to show you.

Update 02:06 UTC : Chinese authorities and seismologists are indicating Ya’an as the city closest to the epicenter.
Some more about Ya’an : Previously known as Yazhou-fu, the city is first mentioned during the Zhou Dynasty (1122-255 BCE). It served as a county seat during the Qin and Han Dynasties, but was subsequently taken by nomadic tribes. After being reintegrated into the Chinese Empire in the late 5th century, it was made the seat of the Ya Prefecture in 604. The modern Ya’an county was established in 1912. It became the provincial capital of Xikang province in 1951, but has been a municipality under the administration of Sichuan province since 1955, whenXikang province was merged and became a part of Sichuan province. (source Wikipedia). Ya’an prefecture gas a population of 1,560,000 people !

Update 02:00 UTC : CCTV reports 2 fatalities at this moment. The epicenter is following Chinese media in Xa’an city. We reckon that the final death toll will be more severe.

Update 01:45 UTC : We have no specific information from the epicenter yet. We reiterate that only a small perimeter of max. 50 km radius is at risk for heavy damage.
- A new M5.1 aftershock is now reported. 5+ aftershocks are damaging on its own.

Update 01:45 UTC : Millions of people are currently in the streets out of fear for aftershocks. A hallucinate image this morning when almost naked people are on the streets after having felt the shaking in their beds.

image courtesy and copyright ifeng.com

Update 01:42 UTC : China maintains the 7.0 Magnitude but communications are very difficult. This earthquake has been felt by more than hundred million people (Chonqqing alone has 30 million inhabitants).

Update 01:36 UTC : First picture of the damage look grim. New high rise buildings in the bigger cities in China are being build earthquake resistant and should not have sustained serious damage.

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Update 01:32 UTC : The shaking lasted for about 30 seconds as mentioned by our readers. This is long and the longer the shaking lasts, the more damage can be expected.

Update 01:29 UTC : Many aftershocks are currently striking the greater epicenter area. Some of them are damaging from its own.

Update 01:26 UTC : Chengdu airport was closed because of some non specific damage from the airport facilities.

Update 01:21 UTC : Today’s earthquake is relatively close to the area who was totally devastated whan a M7.8 earthquake struck on 2008. This earthquake killed an estimated 68,000 people.

Update 01:17 UTC : A little bit o good news : USGS has decreased his initial Magnitude from M6.9 to M6.6. The depth has been updated to 12 km, still extremely dangerous.

Update 01:17 UTC : There are 7 million people living within a radius of 100 km from the epicenter. ER Calls a radius of 25 to 35 km at HIGH risk for damage, injuries and fatalities.

Update 01:13 UTC : USGS expects 83,000 people to have experienced a SEVERE MMI VIII shaking, this is damaging shaking. 218,000 will have experienced a MMI VII very strong shaking. The numbers are really BAD!

Update 01:09 UTC : Chinese cities in the greater epicenter area and their probable MMI shaking. VI and V are NOT extremely dangerous but can generate cracks, fallen tiles etc.

Update 01:03 UTC : As could be expected, a lot of mobile telecommunications have been interrupted in the greater epicenter area.

Update 00:59 UTC : A lot of tourists will have felt this earthquake as cities like Xi’an, Chengdu, Chonqing etc are heavily visited. Chinese authorities are mentioning Lushan County as the epicenter area.

Update 00:55 UTC : USGS has decreased his expectation of maximum shaking from IX to VIII, still a severe shaking. Adobe houses and non-earthquake resistant houses are at great risk during this earthquake.

Update 00:49 UTC : WAPMERR, the theoretical damage engine has calculated that based on M6.9 and 16 km depth there will be 400 to 3500 fatalities and thousands of injured. Let’s hope that they are wrong !

Update 00:47 UTC : The Chinese data are even more dangerous. CEIC reports a Magnitude of 7.0 at a depth of only 14 km. ER fears for a lot of fatalities.

Update 00:41 UTC : We do stress that this is a MAJOR DANGEROUS earthquake. The combination Magnitude / depth can be very damaging.

Update 00:40 UTC : Based on the USGS data, Muping Town is at high risk for severe damage. Population : 11000 people

Update 00:37 UTC : We will have to wait a little to get the precise population data in the direct vicinity of the earthquake.

Update 00:36 UTC : Unfortunately all the local Chinese seismology servers are down because of too many requests

Update 00:26 UTC : USGS is expecting a MASSIVE MMI IX shaking near the epicenter. Even if the shaking should be down to VII or VIII, this earthquake will still be very damaging.

Update 00:26 UTC : USGS is reporting a Magnitude of 6.9 at a depth of only 16 km. EMSC is initially reporting a depth of 60 km. If the final depth is less than 20 km, this earthquake will normally be very damaging.

Update 00:22 UTC : We are currently trying to get the data of the Chinese Seismological services, but so far we could not get to it, probably server are too busy.

Update 00:18 UTC : The earthquake was VERY powerful and felt in a very wide area. We did get already reports as far as Chonqing and Kunming. We stress that this is a VERY DANGEROUS earthquake

Extremely dangerous earthquake in Sichuan, China
The earthquake was also relatively close to Chengdu (111 km)

111 km SW of Chengdu, China / pop: 3,950,437 / local time: 08:02:53.0 2013-04-20
97 km NW of Leshan, China / pop: 154,477 / local time: 08:02:53.0 2013-04-20

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SRC	Location	UTC Date/time	M	D	INFORMATION
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 20:53 PM	5.1	20	MAP I Felt It INFO
xi,an - les verres et les lampes ont bougé
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 20:53 PM	5.1	21	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 20:53 PM	5.2	9	MAP I Felt It
Sicuan - I was awakened because my bed was shaking and the windows were rattling
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 19:54 PM	4.5	20	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 19:54 PM	4.4	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 19:54 PM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 18:32 PM	4.6	35	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 18:32 PM	4.4	11	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 18:32 PM	4.6	100	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 16:14 PM	4.5	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 16:14 PM	4.6	16	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 16:14 PM	4.6	100	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 11:12 AM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 11:12 AM	4.8	12	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 11:12 AM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 10:59 AM	4.5	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 10:59 AM	4.5	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 09:45 AM	4.4	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 09:45 AM	4.4	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 07:18 AM	4.5	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 07:18 AM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 07:18 AM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 03:34 AM	5.2	20	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 03:34 AM	5.2	19	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 03:34 AM	5.1	12	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 02:38 AM	4.7	21	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 02:38 AM	4.6	12	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 02:38 AM	4.7	20	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 02:19 AM	4.7	18	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 02:19 AM	4.5	12	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 02:19 AM	4.6	20	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:37 AM	4.9	17	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:37 AM	5.0	20	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:37 AM	5.1	12	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:26 AM	4.6	12	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:26 AM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:25 AM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:20 AM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:20 AM	4.8	11	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:20 AM	4.8	12	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:11 AM	5.0	20	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:11 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:11 AM	4.9	22	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:11 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:02 AM	4.8	20	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:02 AM	4.8	24	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:02 AM	4.7	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 00:37 AM	5.0	15	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 00:37 AM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 00:37 AM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 00:31 AM	5.0	15	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 00:31 AM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 00:31 AM	5.0	15	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 00:02 AM	6.6	19	MAP I Felt It INFO
Chongqing - We were on the 17th floor and the we felt quick pulse of light shaking for about 15s ChengDU - in 15th floor is shaking hardly, first horizon then vertical.but then building is fine. Chengdu - Was on 20th floor. Lots of swaying Kunming China - Lights were swinging... xi'an - apartment building rocked twice. very slight Chengdu - Bed shaking,door shaking as though someone was banging it Chengdu - All the people in the buildings was running out, and some are almost naked. xi'an - live 29th floor lights shaking light dizziness Chengdu - Chengdu,China. 10th Floor of apartments about 8:15 am. More rolling than shaking but some light shaking at the height. No damage from my viewpoint Chengdu - just after 8am woken up by building shaking, lasted about 30 seconds, not strong shaking but some pictures fell over xi'an china - felt it at about a five, people on ground did not feel, but our apartment shook Chongqing - I was on the 19th floor in Jie Fang Bei Chongqing. The building swayed lightly. I am from California, but feels strange in such a high building. chengdu - on the 8th floor, shaking lasted about 30 seconds, and have just felt the 2nd aftershock Chengdu - Building shook Chengdu - I have felt my bed shaking when i was in my deep sleep. nothing fell down but everything was shaking around me. Chengdu - 2nd floor. Woke me up. Windows and furniture shaking. Chongqing, Beibei District - The bed is shaking and my roommate felt heart thumping voilently. Chongqing - Shake bed and doors chengdu - strong shaking for about 20 secs, then continued on for about 1min of moderate and light shaking chengdu - it shook...almost for a minute and reminded of the 5.12 earthquake in chengdu. scary xindu - light shaking of floor and walls at our bear rescue centre in Longqiao. All staff on site felt it. Xindu, Chengdu - Woken up by light shaking which went on for about 10-15 seconds. Nothing damaged. Xipu, chengdu - Not as bad as 5 years ago but a good shake none the less. chongqing - chongqing Chengdu - Daniel Rupp was naked. Chengdu airport - In the airport having breakfast. Spilled all my soybean milk. Flight should be delayed Chongqing - We felt it in Yubei Chongqing for about 20 seconds at 0800. Xindu - Whole building was shaking. Everyone evacuated. Lasted for only a couple of minutes. Small aftershocks felt in last hour Chengdu - Aufgewacht im 17ten Stock. Noch leicht betrunken vom Vorabend - aber sofort geschnallt: Erdbeben - nicht der Restalk :) Dauer ca 15 sek. Starkes Schütteln - leichtes schwanken des Hauses. Xian - 16th floor .woke up with bed shaking Chongqing - J'ai senti le lit trembler Chengdu, China - 4th floor shaking a little, very small aftermath shaking still now Xindu - Very frightening for a foreigner in China. Building shook and we had to run into the street. Chengdu Minshan Hotel - Shske waked me up and lasted about 30 seconds Chengdu - Very serious shaking. But much less serious than the one in 2008. Chengdu is a quite safe city. Luzhou - 17th floor in Luzhou Hotel. Sideways movements lasted 30 secs. Lights swinging. No movement felt on ground level. Xi'an - I felt my bed shake for 20+ seconds. My wife and kids did not feel it at all in the living room Luzhou - Luzhou, Sichuan, 30 secs sideways movement of building in 17th floor, no movements on ground level. Chengdu/Huaxiba - Experienced about 14 aftershocks from then. Seems to have calmed down by now (9:45am) Meishan - I was sleeping, I thought it was a nightmare, at the end I got out the bed and went outside, the people were outside already, the first earthquake in my life, scary!! Nanchong - I felt it , but it lasted 2 seconds for me as I woke up very late. My collegues says it lasted for 20 sec. Wenjiang (Chengdu) - J'etait eveille mais dans mon lit. Mon colocataire s'est reveille et nous avons courru sous la table du salon. Ca a dure une trentaine de secondes. Quelques repliques par la suite de faible intensite. Nous sommes descendus de l'immeuble et avons remarque que du platre etait tombe du plafond du couloir. Les locaux ne semblent pas inquiets. Chongqing - I am in chongqing this is my qq number 1918150308， It is usualy hard to find people to talk to here in China so it's good to hear or see foreigners speaking. I felt my bed moving and then heard people screaming a little outside Chengdu - on the 10th floor. The first big one at about 8:00 shook pretty strong, swinging cabinet doors open, swaying lights, lasted about 30 seconds. Have felt five or six small ones since then, minor swaying of lights. three hours later, still difficult to call people... Chongqing - I was in bed at the foreign experts building in my apartment on the mountainside when the very heavy swaying from side to side happened. I thought I was dreaming at first and then woke to see it was real. I am on the third floor which is actually the ground level as the building is set along the rocky platform of the mountain. It is the third time this year I have felt an earthquake. Two others in the Kingdom of Tonga were 5 and 5.2 and they were different with shaking and rumbling like a tr Hoima hospital cell in kahoora division - With eyes full of sleep i first hurried to take cover to see the person trying to break into my garage but when the windows,doors and roof started vibrating at the same time i realised it was an earthquake tremor and switched on my radio and started my computer to inform my friends Chengdu - Woke up at 8.05 am due to the shaking, people run out of the building, books moved from the shelve, tiles fall from the wall, slight aftershocks. Suining Sichuan - shaking in two wave, second wave was stronger,,,lasted about 30 seconds or less no damage to buildings Chengdu - Woke in my bed on the 5th floor to find a bouncing bed and a shaking building. Most residents fled to the street, clothed or unclothed. Last experience was a 5.4 quake in Adelaide, Australia in 1954. This one was quite frightening for me. The quick response from the government was absolutely amazing. Aftershocks were felt here until 12pm Chongqing - Felt like a heavy pile-driver hammering foundations next door. Hanging towel swinging slightly. I live at a 15th floor in a very densely populated neighbourhood in JFB, with very high buildings (+20stories) of Maoist construction, right behind the new Shangri-La hotel (58+stories) ; My main thought then: not a single one of this huge old concrete buildings would survive a direct hit, it would be an absolute mess in Chongqing. Beibei district, Chongqing - The bed was shaking but i didn't realize it's an earthquake. Many of my classmates rushed out of their rooms, some even naked. Well, May God bless Ya'an and China! Chengdu - Felt the initial shake, some things fell of shelves, my bed was shaking, books shelves, etc. Was feeling aftershocks throughout the day.
USGS	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 00:02 AM	6.6	12	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 00:02 AM	6.8	20	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 00:02 AM	6.6	20	MAP I Felt It INFO

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Update 08:51 UTC, April 26 :
Monitoring and prevention efforts will be stepped up as secondary geological events overlapping with the flood season present a tremendous challenge for disaster relief operations in Sichuan province’s quake-hit areas, said a senior official of the provincial government on Thursday.  Probe teams have discovered more than 1,900 high-risk spots in Lushan and Baoxing counties, Zhong Mian, executive deputy governor of Sichuan province, said at a news conference in Beijing. The two counties in Ya’an were the areas most affected by the magnitude-7 earthquake on April 20. “Ya’an is a place with abundant rainfall and heavy rain is very common during the flood season. Strong rain in the earthquake zone will easily trigger devastating geological disasters,” Zhong said.
He said the weather has caused landslides along the major route for transporting disaster relief materials, which has made relief work difficult. Read more in this China Daily in-depth article.
ER remark : On request of the Prime Minister and the government, the relief operations are also investing a lot of energy to avoid secondary triggered events like landslides. The attention that this topic gets so short after the earthquake is a great step forward in earthquake response and should be an example for other countries.

Update 15:24 UTC, April 25 :
A 78-year-old man was rescued on Wednesday afternoon in Baoxing county, five days after an earthquake hit the area, according to the municipal government on Thursday.  The man is the first survivor saved after the “golden rescue time,” or the immediate 72 hours after the quake.  He was found on a hill top at Muping Township of Baoxing County by the Beijing-based Lantian rescue team at about 1 pm Wednesday, and was sent to Baoxing People’s Hospital by helicopter. The man suffered a rib fracture but is in stable condition.

Update 08:05 UTC, April 25 :
- Water safety remains a problem rescuers said on Wednesday. The specialized services sampled 15 sites from mountain springs, rivers, wells and water treatment plants in six villages in Longmen township, Lushan county. Analyzed in a laboratory set up in a tent, the water was found to be slightly turbid, organically contaminated and unsuitable for drinking. It can be used for washing clothes and showering. Villagers are informed not to drink water directly from mountain springs, rivers or wells.  Villagers are thaught to use simple water treatment measures. Putting two potable water purification tablets in 15 liters of water and boiling it makes it safe to drink.
- School Classes are expected to fully resume on Saturday in the quake-hit region, according to the provincial educational department. Students prepare for important exams in improvised schoolrooms. Students elsewhere in the quake zone resumed classes on Tuesday. Priority is being placed on those facing college or high school entrance exams.
- China’s State Council urged more efforts to minimize casualties and resettle affected residents. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang presided over the cabinet meeting and led the leaders to pay a silent tribute to quake victims. The rescue cannot be given up although the “golden rescue time,” or the first 72 hours after the quake, is over. Rescuers should continue their all-out efforts in a scientific way, checking every corner to search for survivors, said a statement issued after the meeting.

Update 07:55 UTC, April 25 :
- The M4.5 @ 19 km depth earthquake early Thursday in Sichuan was not an aftershock but a new earthquake to the south of Chengdu. During that new earthquake we have counted 47 injuries, 24 collapsed houses and 4000 houses damaged

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Update 09:25 UTC, April 24 :
- The fatality and missing statistics have been updated again. Now 196 people killed and 21 still missing. The numbers are only varying slightly. Double counting is almost absent during this earthquake, another major improvement.

Summary 08:25 UTC, April 24 : The Sichuan Ya’an earthquake by numbers:-
- The current death toll is at 193, with the missing reduced to 23. (216 people)
- The injured total is 15,554. Of these, 9467 people were outpatients, and 6087 required some form of operation/medical attention or hospitalisation.
- Many roads have been damaged due to landslides.
- 233,191 people have been relocated.
- 1,992,894 people were affected.
- 4085 aftershocks have occurred, with 4 of them being over Magnitude 5, and 21 of them over M4.
- In rural housing, 72400 rooms have collapsed (around 20,000 houses), and 295600 rooms (around 80,000 houses) have severe damage.
- In urban housing, 67100 rooms have collapsed (around 9,500 buildings), and 71800 rooms have been severely damaged (around 10,000 buildings).
(by comparison, the Sichuan earthquake had around 5,360,000 rooms collapsed and around 21,000,000 rooms damaged.
- This earthquake is around 3-4% of the economic loss extent of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. By comparison, the fatalities are about 0.25% of those from the much larger 2008 event.
- Models of direct loss from this event based on damage are coming out to between 4.1 billion (low, CATDAT) and 6.8 billion USD (high, Ampeng Group).
- The losses reported so far are totalling to around 10 billion CNY or 1.5 billion USD but this is expected to increase.

Earthquake damage estimate

Along with the 193 dead and 25 missing, the economic losses are predicted to be around 4.46 billion CNY in Ya’an alone. According to the Ampang Group – a Chinese group, the total losses could total 42.26 billion CNY (around 6.8 billion USD) if the functions from Sichuan are used. We will have to wait and see if the actual losses meet this figure.

Update 12:33 UTC, April 23 :
- The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Lushan, Sichuan Province, on Saturday left 193 dead, 25 missing and 12,211 injured as of 6 a.m. Tuesday, the Ministry of Civil Affairs announced.
- European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Tuesday sent condolences to China over the earthquake.  “On the eve of my visit to Beijing, the news of the earthquake in Sichuan Province has profoundly moved me. I send my condolences to the families of those affected,” said Ashton in a statement.
- Giant panda habitats near the epicenter of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake have suffered only minor effects , the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said on Tuesday. Aerial remote sensing images showed that the scale of landslides triggered by the quake in the giant pandas’ base located in badly hit Baoxing County, Ya’an City, has not been that large so far, said the CAS.
- Rain began falling Tuesday morning in southwest China’s Lushan County, hampering relief work and posing new threats such as rain-triggered landslides. In the village of Yuxi in Baosheng Township, hundreds of residents have moved from the tents they built to water-resistant ones.
- Medical workers take care of a newborn boy in a tent functioned as temporary hospital in quake-hit Taiping Township of Lushan County. Both mother and baby were fine. The boy’s mother Yang Yan, a 20-year-old woman and father arrived at the hospital in the early morning on Tuesday, after taking a long journey for over three hours from their home in Xingmin Village of the Taiping Township.

Text and image courtesy and copyright Xinhua China

Update 22:14 UTC, Monday 22nd April :
- Just at the time that we wrote this update and wanted to mention that the strong aftershocks were almost over, the strongest aftershock in 24 hours struck (early morning local time). The strength was limited to M4.5 at 19 km following the China seismological bureau. Other agencies in the world have reported higher values but we do trust the skills of the Chinese seismologists. Let’s hope that the combination of this aftershock with the rain did not provoke landslides and has not made any more damage or injuries.
- The tea industry, one of the pillars of the local economy in Ya’an city was seriously affected by the disaster, farmers and companies said. Ya’an produced about 66,000 metric tons of tea last year. But as farmers were preparing this year’s new spring tea, the city was hit by the quake. “On top of losses from a drought a few months ago, we expect much less production this year,” said a local official
- Zhang Yichuan is a nurse  in Lushan county. Just likes other medical staff, she was busy with rescuing people injured in the earthquake in SW China, but no one knew her mother just died in the quake.  After learning the bad news and surrounded by tears and sadness, she still decided to return to work. She lost her mother, but didn’t want others to lose theirs. “There are more people who need my help”, she said.

Update 14:09 UTC, Monday 22nd April :
New report from the Chinese government : 192 are being confirmed dead and the number of injured has increased to 12,211 injured.
As the roads to Boaxing county have mostly been cleared from initial rubble, a lot of injured from Boaxing are currently being transported to the neighboring county hospitals.
- Rain is currently pouring out of the sky. This can seriously hamper the last couple of hours of the Golden time (time of 72 hours after the mainshock which enables rescuers to get people alive from below the rubble). Additionally, due to the aftershocks in combination with a mountainous landscape, the chance on landslide will increase considerably.

Update 13:41 UTC, Monday 22nd April :
A total of 198 rescuers from Russia will arrive at an airport in southwest China’s Sichuan Province around noon on Monday and rush to the quake-hit Ya’an City, according to the provincial seismological bureau. The headquarters of the China Earthquake Administration has advised the Russian rescuers to go the worst-hit Baoxing County.
- Many governments from all over the world have offered condolences to the Chinese people for their hard suffering.
- Army helicopters have operated the first airdrop operations to deliver food and water for thousands of homeless survivors. Loaded with bottled water, instant noodles and other food, an Air Force helicopter took off from Qionglai Airport to Baosheng township. The Air Force has also deployed a second helicopter to drop food and water to Baosheng.
- 2360 aftershocks have been recorded by seismologists since the mainshock. Only a small percentage has been felt by the people. ER has the impression that the frequency of the moderate to strong aftershocks has been seriously dropped today. No guarantee however that it will be over.
- 1.5 million people have been affected by this earthquake in various ways
- Good news from Baoxing county where communications have now been restored
- Electricity has been restored in Lushan county

Update 13:03 UTC, Monday 22nd April :
- People in the earthquake zone are picking up their daily work. Shops and markets are open like usual and traders are telling journalists that they sell their usual amount of products.
- Traffic is almost normally again in Ya’an except for what is called “rescue highways” reserved for rescue and earthquake linked services.
- Insurance companies have started to payout the first compensations for earthquake related filings.

Rescue soldiers rush past a hazardous, quake-triggered landslide site to help victims in Lushan county – Image courtesy and copyright Xinhua

Summary 09:40 UTC, Monday 22nd April :

Rescuers race against time for quake victims <http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-04/22/content_16434347.htm>
Chinese rescue workers are in a race against time to save countless lives as aftershocks, landslides and rain hamper rescue efforts in Sichuan quake zone.

Meishan City has come through with their estimate of losses with some staggering numbers:-
Buildings both residential, commercial and industrial have had 352165 rooms damaged to various extents with a total loss of 2.036 billion yuan (330 million USD).
Damage to roads and bridges has caused 882 million yuan damage (143 million USD)
Damage to reservoirs, ditches, dikes, water infrastructure has caused 372 million CNY damage (60 million USD)
Damage to schools and hospitals – 261 million CNY (42 million USD).
Within Meishan city, Hongya County has 1.032 billion yuan of damages and Danleng county has 359 million CNY.
The total loss here is over 3.836 billion yuan, which when calculating back through the other damage locations, will probably lead to a 15-20 billion CNY total pricetag – around 2.5-3 billion USD.
Of this, the insurance loss will be likely less than 1%.

Summary 04:10 UTC, Monday 22nd April :

- The death toll has risen to 188 with 25 missing = 213 people.
- 171000 people are currently being cared for in 60000 tents.
- 26441 rooms (around 8000 houses) have collapsed.
- 142449 rooms (around 40000 houses) have been severely damaged.
- around 500,000 rooms are expected to have slight damage (around 150,000 additional houses/buildings).
- 214 reservoirs and 118.54km of dikes have been damaged in Sichuan province.

We again appeal to the world press to get their facts right. As with the Sichuan earthquake and many other Chinese earthquakes, CATDAT and earthquake-report.com are one of the only correct sources hence why our damaging earthquake reports and databases are the most reliable in the world. Chinese authorities count in rooms (roof between 2 lateral supports) and not in houses. It is impossible that there is more than 1 house per person!

Just displaying the Ya’an City tolls in the first section.
Lushan County – 117 dead, 3 missing, 5537 injured (578 severely)
Baoxing County – 26 dead, 20 missing, 2500 injured (80 severely)
Yucheng District – 15 dead, 0 missing, 1109 injured (37 severely)
Tianquan County – 5 dead, 1 missing, 811 injured (82 severely)
Mingshan County – 2 dead, 0 missing, 607 injured (152 severely)
Yingjing County – 2 dead, 341 injured (31 severely)
Hanyuan County – 1 death, 30 injured.
Shimian District – 36 injured.

In addition in Chengdu, 8 people have been killed of which:-
Qionglai County – 4 dead
Dujiangyan City – 1 death
Longquanyi District – 1 death
Shuangliu County – 1 death
Xinjin County – 1 death

In addition,
Meishan City (Hongya County) – 1 death
Luding County, Ganzi – 3 dead
Kangding County, Ganzi – 2 dead
Deyang City (River County) – 2 dead
Xiaojin County, Aba – 1 dead

Update 02:40 UTC, Monday 22nd April :
- Some slight changes to the death toll, with 186 deaths, and 24 missing = 210 people.
- The injuries have increased to 11826.
- There are some reports stating final losses of around 10 billion RMB (1.6 billion USD). It is expected that the final losses may be even greater.

Update 20:40 UTC :
- We are currently in the middle of the China night and information is scarce. SAR (search and rescue) troops are still fighting against time to save as much as lives as possible.  Common understanding in earthquake Rescue is that people almost never survive after being buried for more than 72 hours.
- Electricity supply has been partly resumed in Boaxing. An emergency team from the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) arrived at Baoxing, a county neighboring the epicenter of the 7.0-magnitude quake, by a roundabout route on Sunday and restored power supply to more than 1,000 households in two towns.
- The CCTV video’s below are showing the shaking in the greater earthquake area. The second sequence looks to have been recorded closest to the epicenter. A normal person cannot walk in such heavy shaking conditions. The Internationally adviced and accepted policy of DROP, COVER and HOLD cannot be seen on these CCTV images. Please be prepared for a major earthquake and know what to do.

Update 16:38 UTC :
- The risk for damaging landslides triggered by aftershocks will increase considerably tomorrow and the following days due to the rain.  Landslides do not only block roads and destroy properties, but are also killing a lot of people in hilly areas.
- UNICEF, The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) China Office is closely monitoring the impact on children living in the hardest hit areas. UNICEF is very concerned about the physical and emotional condition of children living near the epicenter of the earthquake due to the reports that such a high percentage of buildings have collapsed. We are standing by, ready to respond in whatever manner necessary.  UNICEF is in contact with its local partners to assess the effect of the severe tremor on children. In cooperation with China’s National Working Committee on Children and Women, UNICEF supports a network of more than 40 “Child Friendly Spaces” in Sichuan. Some of these Child Friendly Spaces are located close to the affected area.

Update 16:17 UTC :
- A total of 102 cultural sites have been damaged. Among these units were 24 National sites and 61 Provincial. The quake also damaged 12 museums (274 cultural relics affected).
- At 20:00 Sunday, a total of 1,339 aftershocks had been monitored in the epicenter of Lushan County. Four of them in between M5.0 and M5.9. Many have been felt by the people.
- The fatality record is still at 186. Most of the victims lived in Ya’an (population of 1.53 million!)
- At 16:00 Sunday, health department records state 8,761 people injured, from which 1,397 where hospitalized. According to the commission, a total of 1,125 medical workers have been dispatched to the quake-hit region, and the treatments of the wounded has been conducted mainly in seven neighboring cities including Ya’an and Chengdu.
- After two days of work, traffic was preliminarily restored on a quake-damaged section of the S210 highway that connects the isolated Baoxing County with neighboring Lushan County, the epicenter of the quake.
- The giant pandas at the Wolong Nature Reserve in Ya’an were neither killed or injured during the earthquake.

Image courtesy and copyright Xinhua

Update 12:45 UTC :
- Our latest records are mentioning 186 fatalities and 21 missed people.
- So many human tragedies – Lu Jingkang lost her daughter from the Ya’an earthquake in Southwest China’s Sichuan province on April 20, five years after she lost her son in the deadly Wenchuan earthquake.
- Light to moderate rain is expected in the greater earthquake area from Monday to Wednesday

Update 11:56 UTC : – The earthquake is locally denominated as “Lushan earthquake“.
- The central Chinese government has allocated 1 billion yuan ($162 million) for disaster relief to the quake zones in Sichuan on Sunday, said the Ministry of Finance.
- A battery charger truck provided by Sichuan Electric Power Corporation offers free cell-phone charging services for people in quake-stricken Lushan county. (ER: what a great initiative – we hope other authorities in the world will be copying this concept)

Image courtesy and copyright Xinhua China

Update 11:31 UTC :
- Sichuan provincial government held a press conference on Sunday and reported that :
—- 2986 kilometers of road and 327 bridges damaged
—- 24 substations and 224 power lines destroyed
—- 724 fixed and mobile communication base stations damaged
—- Communication breakdown in 16 townships.
- A helicopter carrying China Rescue members returned after experiencing unstable, strong turbulence on its way to quake-hit Baoxing county.
- Ningkang Dam, damaged in the Ya’an earthquake, has been switched off due to the safety concern over national highway 318, causing water shortage to more than 10,000 residents in Quantian county, Local authorities are building pipelines to deliver water from the dam to residents.

Offers for international Assistance
China thanked the international community on Sunday for offering assistance.
“The Chinese government and people are sincerely grateful to various means of assistance offered by some countries,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in a statement.
Stressing the Chinese government is going all out to carry out rescue work, Qin said the country has guaranteed rescue and medical treatment capability and sufficient rescue materials.
“Considering the inconvenient traffic and telecommunications in quake zone, foreign rescue and medical teams and materials are not required now,” Qin said, adding that China will make requests if needed.

Update 09:16 UTC : We do see a quick climb in readers from China at this moment. The aftershock was reported as a Ml5.4 aftershock, It will probably be further damaging unstable buildings and are a real risk for SAR teams (Search and Rescue)

Update 08:36 UTC : The numbers of injured are contradictory depending of the source.
- The Ministry of Justice has ordered judiciary departments to ensure stability of prisons in the damaged earthquake area in Sichuan.
- Two medical teams from Chengdu will be transported by helicopter to Baoxing county, which was inaccessible by road.
- Armed forces involved in the relief mission are required to reach every village and all households in the affected areas to rescue survivors and treat the injured. They are also required to help in re-opening roads, transport materials, build shelters and providing supplies, according to a joint command of the Chengdu Military Area Command (MAC) on Sunday.

Update 07:53 UTC : Due to the length of this report and to shorten the download time, we have cut a part of it
China – Deadly SICHUAN (Ya’an) earthquake April 20 2013 – Part 1 (Archive)

Summary 06:00 UTC -
- 180 dead
– 24 missing
– 980 seriously injured
- 10500 slightly injured
- 120000 relocated
- 1.5 million people affected.
- 1.981 billion RMB economic loss (320 million USD) – but this is expected to rise in the coming days.
- around 500,000 rooms have been damaged (representing around 130,000 houses)
- around 20,000 rooms have collapsed (representing around 6000-7000 houses)

Image courtesy and copyright news.cn

Important Update 05:40 UTC -
In Ya’an City – 400,000 rooms have been damaged (of which 12851 have collapsed)
- 34 reservoirs have been damaged and 2668 damaged drains. The building, agriculture, forestry, water and economic losses total around 1.43 billion yuan (over 225 million USD).
- The city has a need to settle 48,915 families at this point, however some of these are as a temporary precaution.

In Zigong City – 8276 people have been affected of which 1874 people have been relocated.
- 6581 rooms have been damaged, with 982 rooms collapsed. (There are around 3.5 rooms per house, however collapsed room sometimes only occur in one room of a house.) Total losses currently are 106.17 million RMB (around 17 million USD).

In Deyang City – 2 dead, 57 injured, 150000 people affected (means they have felt the earthquake, had power outages or were generally in the area. The current losses total 59 million RMB (just under 10 million USD)

In Meishan City – 177656 people affected with 1 dead, 30 injured, 1392 people relocated. Ranging damage to 23032 families homes, or 86710 rooms. The total losses currently are around 217.89 million RMB, (around 35 million USD)

In Neijiang City – 3 counties and 84 townships affected, 88 rooms collapsed, 1231 rooms damaged, damage to 3 high voltage lines, 118.6km damaged irrigation channels, 34km damaged roads, 8 slight injuries. The total losses are around 274.54 million RMB (around 43 million USD).

Update 05:28 UTC
- Death toll has been updated by the Sichuan earthquake bureau with it having risen to 180, with 24 people still missing.
- 11,492 people have been injured, 980 of which classified seriously
- 1.5 million people have been affected, with around 120,000 being relocated at this point. (about the same numbers as the Yunnan quakes last year).
- 2 major aftershocks of M5.2 and M5.0 occurred in the last few hours, which have added to losses.
- 1.981 billion Yuan is the current direct economic loss estimate (around $300 million USD), however this is expected to rise in the coming days.

Update 05:12 UTC – Death toll has currently risen to 181.
A break down of the deaths:-
Lushan County including Ya’an City – 117
Baoxing County – 24
Yucheng District – 15
Tianquan County – 1
Mingshan County – 2
Hanyuan County – 1

In addition in Chengdu, 8 people have been killed of which:-
Qionglai County – 4 (also 900 rooms collapsed)
Dujiangyan City – 1
Longquanyi District – 1
Shuangliu County – 1
Xinjin County – 1

In addition,
Meishan City (Hongya County) – 1
Luding County, Ganzi – 3
Kangding County, Ganzi – 2
Deyang City (River County) – 2
Xiaojin County, Aba – 1

This unfortunately gives a total of 181 people. Over 11000 have been injured.

Update 21:14 UTC – Strong aftershock at 04:53 local time. M5.0 at a depth of 16 km. As a lot of people of damaged houses will be sleeping in tents or in open air, we believe that this earthquake will not generate more injuries or fatalities. Unstable buildings and rescue workers  finding their way in the debris may have got a potential risk.
- A total of 846 aftershocks have been recorded, including 57 above 3.0 magnitude and 3 between 5.0-5.9 magnitude.

Update 20:00 UTC – We expect that the death toll will rise in the coming hours slightly with the sunlight. In addition, more information will come to hand with regard to the number of damaged rooms, with significantly more than 40,000 currently quoted. The number is expected to be closer to 500,000 rooms, with the Sichuan quake in 2008 having destroyed 5,600,000 rooms (around 1.5 million houses) and damaged 21,000,000 rooms (around 6 million houses).
- Over 700 landslides have been registered.

Update 19:55 UTC – According to the Ya’an City Earthquake Disaster Mitigation report: As of April 21st, the number of deaths has reached 145 people with an additional 16 people missing with the number of injured reaching 6700 people of which 494 people are severely injured.
- There have been 846 aftershocks with 57 of these being over M3.0 (likely felt). Over M5.0 there have been 2 aftershocks with the largest coming at 11.34am local time on the 20th with a magnitude of M5.3.
14 aftershocks have been between M4.0 and M4.9, and an additional 41 between 3.0 and 3.9.

Update 19:40 UTC – Of the 161 presumed dead, 16 are still missing, 145 are confirmed dead.
- Nearly 50% of collapsed houses previously reported from Lushan county was in the old town. In other locations the percentages were much lower.
- The Lushan county earthquake disaster relief headquarters have the following number should there be any major concerns or people are stuck in the epicentral region who are only english speaking:-
Tel 011-86-28-62726619, Fax 011-86-28-86605762
- The Premier, Li Keqiang has promised 10 Yuan and 1kg grain per day for each person affected by this quake as per the 5.12 earthquake ruling.
- In addition, 60000-70000 tents will be sent to the area if needed.
- The rescue groups are still working to look for victims, as they may then save a number of victims as up to 72 hours is usually the golden window for saving people under the rubble, however there are instances of up to 10 days from previous earthquakes within which people have been saved.

Update 19:30 UTC -
- The death toll at the moment remains at 161.
- In addition, 200 million RMB (around 30 million USD) has been set aside by the CDB just as emergency credit for the city of Ya’an.
- It is expected the losses will reach over 5 billion RMB.
- 150000 people have been affected, many will be temporarily relocated.
- There has been many donations from groups such as private charities, table tennis teams, businesses and many more.
- 30,000 relief tents, 50,000 blankets and 10,000 folding beds, 20,000 disaster relief tents and 50,000 quilts have been sent to the epicentral region, giving an indication to the numbers of homeless people.

Update 17:15 UTC – 161 people have been reported as killed so far (some are still missing which indicates that this number will further rise the coming hours. Max. delay to get people from below the rubble is approx. 72 hours. The weather conditions are favourable in Sichuan until tomorrow noon, after that the weather will be worsening (drizzle and rain for the next 3 days).

Update 16:35 UTC – This is an overview of the main points reiterated during the Press conference of the Sichuan governor earlier tonight (local time)
- More than 5,600 people were injured from whom 400 seriously. 140,000 people need to be relocated.
- It is one of the most destructive earthquakes in China in recent years. A 8.0-magnitude quake in Wenchuan county in Sichuan Province left 87,000 dead or missing (numbers vary depending the source) in May 12, 2008.
- Most of the old brick-wood houses were destroyed by the earthquake and parts of the brick-concrete houses were seriously damaged, according to Xinhua reporters at Gucheng village of Longmen township, the epicenter of the quake.
- Soldiers are racing against time in search of survivors in the debris in the village.
- Among some 7,000 houses in Longmen township, 5,000 collapsed in the quake.
- Hundred of tents have arrived at the village but the villagers still need 8,000 more tents.
- Ya’an (140 km from Chengdu) has a population of 1.53 million and is known as the hometown of the giant panda.
-  President Xi Jinping on Saturday ordered all-out measures to rescue victims and minimize casualties soon after the quake. He asked to strengthen seismic monitoring, take concrete steps to prevent secondary disasters, properly relocate people affected by the disaster, and maintain social stability of the quake zone.

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-  The Communist Party of China Central Committee and Xi entrusted Premier Li Keqiang to direct the quake-relief work, who arrived at the quake-zone in the afternoon. Li took a helicopter to the epicenter and called a meeting at around 6 p.m. at the front-line headquarters in Longmen township. “Life is the most important thing and the top priority is saving lives, ” Li said. No minute or even second should be delayed during the “golden rescue period” in the first 72 hours after the quake.
Li urged rescuers to examine every house to ensure all the injured residents are saved amid continuous aftershocks. He also ordered the guarantee of accommodation, food and safe water for residents in the quake zone as well as measures against any epidemic situation.
- Emergency teams of ministries, armed forces and armed police are heading to the quake zone.
- Hardest-hit areas : townships of Longmen and Qingren.
- “Old houses in Gucheng village with a population of 3,000, completely collapsed. More than 95 percent of the houses in the village are uninhabitable and will need to be checked.
- Vehicles damaged by rolling rocks were seen in Lushan. Houses along a street in the Lushan county seat have also collapsed.
- Patients are receiving medical treatment on the ground in front of the Lushan County Hospital (they are treated in open space to avoid falling debris from possible aftershocks)
- The water and electricity supply in the county has been cut off due to the quake.
- Landslides have blocked traffic in many places across the county and two barrier lakes caused by the landslides are posing risks for the rescue efforts.
- Bifeng Gorge, a panda research base affiliated to the Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center, is only 47 km from the epicenter. But there have no reports of human or panda casualties.
- About 3,870 armed police have arrived in Lushan county to assist with rescue efforts.
- More than 10,000 soldiers, including 8,000 field forces and 5,000 militia, have arrived at the disaster-hit areas by foot, trucks and helicopters.
- The soldiers will search for survivors household by household and distribute materials to the affected villages.
- Sadly, a military vehicle carrying 17 soldiers en route to the quake-hit area plummeted off a cliff around Saturday noon, killing one soldier and badly injured two.
- About 200 technicians from China Mobile (Sichuan branch) have been dispatched to disaster-hit areas to repair the telecommunications network.
- Infrastructures remain intact in Sichuan but are badly damaged and broken in the epicenter and nearby.
- The State Grid Corporation of China (electricity)  said the major lines in the province are operating smoothly, but those in the quake-hit area are severely damaged.
- In Lushan county, two transformer substations have halted service, with one of them unable to resume operation. Five hydropower stations in Ya’an are disconnected.
- According to the nation’s major telecommunications companies, as many as 279 telecommunication base stations have collapsed due to the quake (ER repeats over and over that also base stations should be earthquake resistant – Telecommunications base stations are collapsing all over the world, again and again …).
- The earthquake has also damaged 34 reservoirs or dams in Sichuan and affected the water supply for 303,000 people, according to the provincial water resources department.
- Sichuan has rich oil and gas resources, with many pipelines and refineries. Sinopec, Asia’s largest refiner, said no damage had been reported at its production facilities in the quake-hit regions.
Content and credit based on the Xinhua transcriptions after the press conference.

China’s emergency response on disasters have made tremendous progress after the Wenchuan earthquake (we can only underwrite this claim – congratulations from ER)

Update 15:16 UTC : The video below shows the Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang visiting the heavily damaged epicenter area. We can confirm that the authorities almost immediately after the earthquake started bringing out reports and sending reinforcements to the earthquake zone. New leaders who really want to be an example for the population.
Li Keqiang was on the ground while the aftershocks were still going on.

Update 15:00 UTC
- Firefighters have pulled out 93 people from collapsed structures, including 91 survivors, as of 7:40 p.m Saturday
- The provincial military command also distributed over 1,000 sets of tents, small engines, protective oral-nasal masks and gloves to the area.
- In the meantime, the PLA Air Force (PLAAF) has opened four landing spots for helicopters in county seat and three townships of Lushan. The PLAAF have sent more than 10 sorties of rescue resources to the area.
- The PLA’s General Staff Department on Saturday afternoon decided to equip a total of 260 sets of Beidou satellite positioning advices to the military units in the disaster area, and 103 sets have already entered the area as of 5 p.m. Beijing Time.

Update 14:50 UTC : It will be soon dark in China. Some electricity grids are still working but we can imagine that rescue work will be hampered by the night. Information from then on will be less informative. ER will however continue to bring you the latest information from the earthquake zone.

Update 14:19 UTC : The Governor of Sichuan is currently giving a detailed overview of what is going on in the earthquake zone and which efforts are being used to counter the misery.
- Chongqing eight houses collapsed, and one slightly injured
- Yunnan Province, nearly 900 houses were damaged
- Shaanxi Liuba County earthquake triggered the collapse of the mountain, one death

Update 14:19 UTC :  – Of the many injured, 5,427 came from Ya’an. One person was even killed in the Shaanxi province (Province of Xi’an). Even more surprised about some fatalities as far as a couple of hundred km from the epicenter. As we do not know the exact reason of their deth, it may also have been secondary reason like heart attacks etc.

Image courtesy and copyright Chinanews.com

Update 14:07 UTC :  34 reservoirs have been damaged to a different extend. Not dangerous at this moment, but in case of a major M6+ aftershock, these reservoirs are forming a real risk to all the villages at lower levels.
The authorities have in the meanwhile evacuated the villages who have the highest risk to be flooded in case of a reservoir burst.
- 41 aftershocks have been recorded at a Magnitude M3 or higher.

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Update 13:49 UTC : Our Bottom Map 1 looks more and more like a big red surface. The red buttons show the location of the aftershocks as reported by the main international agencies.
The death toll is now 157
- Donations numbers are now shown on the Chinese TV and people start to donate to empower the rescue efforts. Also private organizations are helping not only with money but also by sending goods and offering transport means.

Update 13:45 UTC : Chinese rescue forces are acknowledging the important role of the Internet in today’s earthquake. As Mobile communications were only short time interrupted, people did start to send pictures from the devastation together with their location to the Rescue numbers.  Even more, people are also using Portable routers enabling other people to make use of their 3G signal. Modern technology at the side of rescue efforts.

Update 13:01 UTC : 6000 people are now reported as injured

Update 12:56 UTC : The China Meteorological Bureau expects rain in Lushan
- Some seriously injured people have been transported to Chengdu, the provincial capital  who has a lot more facilities

Our tribute goes to 2 soldiers who have died earlier today while rescuing people

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Update 12:43 UTC : 7,941 soldiers are at work in the earthquake zone at this moment. 10,000 more are standing by to be dispatched if a call comes from the disaster command.

Update 12:31 UTC : Earthquake-report.com expresses their admiration towards the Chinese SAR and Relief forces. They are doing a very great job. Chinese authorities have invested huge amounts of money in the organization of disaster response. It will not be perfect and people will be critical from all sites, but as 24/24 7/7 followers of earthquake disasters we are well placed to compare disaster response. We can only admire the efforts of the Chinese community.

Update 12:26 UTC : The death toll has further risen to 156.  More than 2,000 people injured and this is currently expected to increase with numbers of slightly injured yet to be added from certain locations.

Image courtesy and copyright CCTV China

Update 12:22 UTC : As could be expected, aftershocks are continuing to strike the greater earthquake area, until now only limited in strength (maximum M5.2 ). Let’s hope that there will be no M6 in the coming days. M6.0+ would be dangerous for unstable damaged structures and for the rescue personnel working.

Update 11:50 UTC: 54 people were rescued from collapsed houses in recent hours. Among them, two children and a pregnant woman.

Image courtesy and copyright bjnews.com.cn

It is impossible to tell the individual stories of all earthquake victims here. But we think this one is the best example  to show the cruelty of this fatal quake:
A seven year old child was rescued from his collapsed home. He survived 9 hours in the arms of his killed mother. She protected the life of this boy with her body and had to die for it, while her son survived the quake without physical injuries.

Image courtesy CCTV China

Update 11:05 UTC : Number of casualities in Chengdu is also rising. 6 people were killed and 188 more injured in this town. So far, most of the casualities (57) coming from Lushan, one of the towns very close to the epicenter.
There are reports of 200 people in a small village trapped by a landslide blocking a road.

Update 10:42 UTC : Number of fatalities rises to 124.

Update 09:45 UTC : Overview of earthquake fatalities (total so far: 113) by town:
Lushan : 57, Baoxing : 6, Chengdu : 4, Tianquan : 3, Xinjin : 1, Hongya : 1, Luding : 1,  Deyang : 1 and unknown: 39

Update 09:31 UTC : 113 people are confirmed dead. Meanwhile, it is estimated, that 90% of all houses in Ya’an area were damaged due to the earthquake.

Update 09:27 UTC : Chengdu, the largest town of Sichuan with approx. 10 mio inhabitants, is 100 northeast of the epicenter. 4 people were killed and 125 more were injured there by the quake.

Update 09:20 UTC : The good news: A man in Ya’an was found under the debris of a collapsed house. He was unconscious but obviously alive.

Update 09:11 UTC : A rumor in the internet currently scares people in Sichuan. It says Chengdu will be hit by an M 9.3 earthquake in the coming days. Of course this rumor is without any scientific evidence. We are shocked that some people use this terrible situation for a message like this. All we can say is, earthquakes are not predictable, neither by scientist, nor by “normal” people. So don’t believe something like this!

Update 09:01 UTC : According to new reports, more than 3000 people were injured by the quake. Death toll is still at 102.

Update 08:56 UTC : One of the injured soldiers, whose bus falled into a river, died in hospital.

Update 08:49 UTC : New death tolls now arriving every few minutes. After new correction at leas 102 people are confirmed dead.

Update 08:40 UTC : Unfortunately we have to say that the death toll reached the number of 100.
Also a good news: A popular Chinese online news agency donates 1 mio. chinese Yuan (~160000 US-Dollar) for the earthquake victims.  Money, that is urgently needed.

Update 08:30 UTC : Death toll rises to 82.

Update 08:27 UTC : A bus carrying 17 soldiers to earthquake area fell down a cliff into a river. One of the soldiers died, 5 others were seriously injured.

Update 08:05 UTC : About 80,000 prisoners have been evacuated from prisons in Sichuan. Among them, more than 2,000 were evacuated from a prison in Ya’an county. No deaths were reported among the prisoners, but one person was injured in the leg. Yes, this number of 80,000 is correct – this is for the whole of Sichuan. This must be an amazing amount of coordination by police.

Update 08:03 UTC : The Chinese response has been exceptional with the scale of the disaster also helping things compared to the 2008 earthquake. The Chinese are the best in the world for disaster response, with provincial seismological bureaus and even city-based disaster response.

Update 08:01 UTC : The death toll remains at 78, with around 2500 injured and 80,000 displaced/relocated/affected. It is likely that the economic losses will be over 1 billion USD, but less than 5 billion USD (up to 30 billion RMB). This depends a lot on the damage extent in Ya’an City.

Update 07:59 UTC : The earthquake has also had a few births, with one reported from an earthquake shelter, so it is not all gloomy.

Update 07:57 UTC : The power grid of Lushan county was damaged and water supply was cut off after the quake. Tents, water and food are badly needed.
- No student deaths have been reported, according to the education authority.

Update 07:32 UTC : 78 deaths and 2260 injured are the current numbers coming out of Sichuan. We are waiting for second confirmation.

Update 07:29 UTC : Unfortunately, there has been 1 death and 7 injured as a result of a car crash from soldiers coming to rescue people in Ya’an. Our thoughts are with their families as with all of the affected people.

Update 07:24 UTC : The Ministry of Civil affairs has launched a National Emergency III response, which is less than a IV response.

Cracks can be seen in Modong Reservoir and Miaoxi Reservoir in Lushan county, and Shiyang Reservoir in Tianquan county. People downstream of this have been evacuated and structural checks are being made to the reservoirs.
Here is a more global view of reservoir hazard due to earthquakes. A reminder that the risk of the green dots is probably more as most countries of low seismicity do not have as higher quality earthquake construction.

The hazard of dams can be seen on the following diagram which combines the GRanD database with GSHAP to show the hazard of worldwide reservoirs – the risk however, can be much more in locations which don’t build for big earthquakes. A few reservoirs in this earthquake have seen damage. (Daniell, 2012)

Update 07:15 UTC : Like the 2008 Sichuan earthquake a lot of landslides have been seen from aerial footage of the earthquake.
The National Red Cross starts Emergency Response Mechanism for this earthquake and in addition, there are around 2000 medical workers currently on the scene.

Update 07:08 UTC : Although aftershocks can occur within 1.5 fault lengths of an earthquake, this is likely not an aftershock of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. It is significantly far away from the end of the earthquake slip & fault model that was computed by seismologists after. It is possibly the stress transfer however from the 2008 earthquake which may have influenced this quake with a slight increase in stress in the fault zones around the 2008 fault break due to stress release and transfer.

Update 07:03 UTC : This quake has been felt in all the surrounding Provinces (see our I Have Felt It reports below). The Chengdu Railway system has been partially reopened and in addition the prime minister is currently flying over the scene to gauge the destruction.

Update 07:00 UTC : The total of 71 deaths remains. As of 13:00 local time, firefighters from Sichuan province have rescued 34 people out of the debris of the quake, of whom 32 people, including a pregnant woman and two children, survived.

Update 06:55 UTC : Flood prevention office of Lushan county said that cracks can be seen in Modong Reservoir and Miaoxi Reservoir in Lushan county, and Shiyang Reservoir in Tianquan county. People in downstream have been evacuated.

Update 06:50 UTC : 71 have now been confirmed killed (at least from CCTV sources). All patients in Lushan hospital are sound and safe. Firefighters in Ya’an saved 9 rubble-trapped people. CCTV says 71 have been killed but still shows a TV banner with 56 deaths, so we will need to be cautious however since CCTV gets info from Rescue authorities directly this is a better source than Reuters!

Update 06:46 UTC : Cracks have appeared in some Lushan reservoirs. This could prove dangerous if another major quake comes along before repairs can be made. The 1933 Diexi earthquake some of our readers will remember caused over 5000 deaths via flooding after downstream towns were decimated by a huge wave of water from a failed reservoir and quake lakes formed by landslides.

Update 06:45 UTC : We have unconfirmed reports of 58 deaths.

Update 06:35 UTC : As with the “fake death toll” of Reuters sources in the Iran earthquake about a week ago of 40 deaths in Iran when there were actually 0 killed in Iran, there is no evidence that this earthquake has killed over 57 people despite all the death tolls above them currently in world press.

Update 06:30 UTC : The toll of 135 severely injured and 600-700 slightly injured is expected to rise. Ya’an City has around 1.53 million people living over an area of 15,300km2. As for the 57 deaths, this toll has not changed for a long time, and is generally updated fast in China following these events like the 7.9 earthquakes which killed 81 people last year.

Update 06:27 UTC : Along with the 6600+ troops that have been sent to the area previously in the last few hours – (this coordination and rescue effort is nothing short of amazing), 40 emergency repair vehicles, 20 satellite phones, 100 kilometers of fiber optic cable, 128 oil tankers, emergency communications vehicles, etc. emergency communications supplies, tents, drinking water and many more supplies have been sent to the area.

This will allow for quick resupply of basic needs for the people in Ya’an and other majorly affected areas.

Update 06:07 UTC : The video below is showing the aerial images we have reported from before. The Chinese Prime Minister is currently in an airplane towards the epicenter area to see with his own eyes what the extend of the damage is.
- Rescuers in Lushan had pulled 27 survivors out of rubble
- No children reported injured in the damaged kindergarten

Update 05:55 UTC : some more pictures to show our readers the extend of the damage. The death toll still stands at 56 since quite some time now.

Image courtesy and copyright bjnews.com.cn

Update 05:38 UTC : The current earthquake has about 30 times less energy released than the M7.8 Wenshuan 2008 earthquake.

Update 05:31 UTC : This report is partly based on CCTV where we can follow live what is happening in China. Local sources, Live tv signal and the earthquake technical data are helping us out to deliver a complete information of this earthquake.

Update 05:24 UTC : As mostly with earthquakes, it were mostly older buildings and houses who have collapsed.
- The picture below is from a Chinese TV host who married today and who went immediately on air after the earthquake struck.

Due to the length of our reporting, we had to cut a part(s) of our report into archived parts

Part 1 (from the mainshock until 05:13 UTC)

111 km SW of Chengdu, China / pop: 3,950,437 / local time: 08:02:53.0 2013-04-20
97 km NW of Leshan, China / pop: 154,477 / local time: 08:02:53.0 2013-04-20

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SRC	Location	UTC Date/time	M	D	INFORMATION
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 20:53 PM	5.1	20	MAP I Felt It INFO
xi,an - les verres et les lampes ont bougé
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 20:53 PM	5.1	21	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 20:53 PM	5.2	9	MAP I Felt It
Sicuan - I was awakened because my bed was shaking and the windows were rattling
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 19:54 PM	4.5	20	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 19:54 PM	4.4	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 19:54 PM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 18:32 PM	4.6	35	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 18:32 PM	4.4	11	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 18:32 PM	4.6	100	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 16:14 PM	4.5	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 16:14 PM	4.6	16	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 16:14 PM	4.6	100	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 11:12 AM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 11:12 AM	4.8	12	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 11:12 AM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 10:59 AM	4.5	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 10:59 AM	4.5	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 09:45 AM	4.4	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 09:45 AM	4.4	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 07:18 AM	4.5	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 07:18 AM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 07:18 AM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 03:34 AM	5.2	20	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 03:34 AM	5.2	19	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 03:34 AM	5.1	12	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 02:38 AM	4.7	21	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 02:38 AM	4.6	12	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 02:38 AM	4.7	20	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 02:19 AM	4.7	18	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 02:19 AM	4.5	12	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 02:19 AM	4.6	20	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:37 AM	4.9	17	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:37 AM	5.0	20	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:37 AM	5.1	12	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:26 AM	4.6	12	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:26 AM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:25 AM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:20 AM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:20 AM	4.8	11	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:20 AM	4.8	12	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:11 AM	5.0	20	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:11 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:11 AM	4.9	22	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:11 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:02 AM	4.8	20	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:02 AM	4.8	24	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 01:02 AM	4.7	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 00:37 AM	5.0	15	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 00:37 AM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 00:37 AM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 00:31 AM	5.0	15	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 00:31 AM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Apr 20 00:31 AM	5.0	15	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Apr 20 00:02 AM	6.6	19	MAP I Felt It INFO
Chongqing - We were on the 17th floor and the we felt quick pulse of light shaking for about 15s ChengDU - in 15th floor is shaking hardly, first horizon then vertical.but then building is fine. Chengdu - Was on 20th floor. Lots of swaying Kunming China - Lights were swinging... xi'an - apartment building rocked twice. very slight Chengdu - Bed shaking,door shaking as though someone was banging it Chengdu - All the people in the buildings was running out, and some are almost naked. xi'an - live 29th floor lights shaking light dizziness Chengdu - Chengdu,China. 10th Floor of apartments about 8:15 am. More rolling than shaking but some light shaking at the height. No damage from my viewpoint Chengdu - just after 8am woken up by building shaking, lasted about 30 seconds, not strong shaking but some pictures fell over xi'an china - felt it at about a five, people on ground did not feel, but our apartment shook Chongqing - I was on the 19th floor in Jie Fang Bei Chongqing. The building swayed lightly. I am from California, but feels strange in such a high building. chengdu - on the 8th floor, shaking lasted about 30 seconds, and have just felt the 2nd aftershock Chengdu - Building shook Chengdu - I have felt my bed shaking when i was in my deep sleep. nothing fell down but everything was shaking around me. Chengdu - 2nd floor. Woke me up. Windows and furniture shaking. Chongqing, Beibei District - The bed is shaking and my roommate felt heart thumping voilently. Chongqing - Shake bed and doors chengdu - strong shaking for about 20 secs, then continued on for about 1min of moderate and light shaking chengdu - it shook...almost for a minute and reminded of the 5.12 earthquake in chengdu. scary xindu - light shaking of floor and walls at our bear rescue centre in Longqiao. All staff on site felt it. Xindu, Chengdu - Woken up by light shaking which went on for about 10-15 seconds. Nothing damaged. Xipu, chengdu - Not as bad as 5 years ago but a good shake none the less. chongqing - chongqing Chengdu - Daniel Rupp was naked. Chengdu airport - In the airport having breakfast. Spilled all my soybean milk. Flight should be delayed Chongqing - We felt it in Yubei Chongqing for about 20 seconds at 0800. Xindu - Whole building was shaking. Everyone evacuated. Lasted for only a couple of minutes. Small aftershocks felt in last hour Chengdu - Aufgewacht im 17ten Stock. Noch leicht betrunken vom Vorabend - aber sofort geschnallt: Erdbeben - nicht der Restalk :) Dauer ca 15 sek. Starkes Schütteln - leichtes schwanken des Hauses. Xian - 16th floor .woke up with bed shaking Chongqing - J'ai senti le lit trembler Chengdu, China - 4th floor shaking a little, very small aftermath shaking still now Xindu - Very frightening for a foreigner in China. Building shook and we had to run into the street. Chengdu Minshan Hotel - Shske waked me up and lasted about 30 seconds Chengdu - Very serious shaking. But much less serious than the one in 2008. Chengdu is a quite safe city. Luzhou - 17th floor in Luzhou Hotel. Sideways movements lasted 30 secs. Lights swinging. No movement felt on ground level. Xi'an - I felt my bed shake for 20+ seconds. My wife and kids did not feel it at all in the living room Luzhou - Luzhou, Sichuan, 30 secs sideways movement of building in 17th floor, no movements on ground level. Chengdu/Huaxiba - Experienced about 14 aftershocks from then. Seems to have calmed down by now (9:45am) Meishan - I was sleeping, I thought it was a nightmare, at the end I got out the bed and went outside, the people were outside already, the first earthquake in my life, scary!! Nanchong - I felt it , but it lasted 2 seconds for me as I woke up very late. My collegues says it lasted for 20 sec. Wenjiang (Chengdu) - J'etait eveille mais dans mon lit. Mon colocataire s'est reveille et nous avons courru sous la table du salon. Ca a dure une trentaine de secondes. Quelques repliques par la suite de faible intensite. Nous sommes descendus de l'immeuble et avons remarque que du platre etait tombe du plafond du couloir. Les locaux ne semblent pas inquiets. Chongqing - I am in chongqing this is my qq number 1918150308， It is usualy hard to find people to talk to here in China so it's good to hear or see foreigners speaking. I felt my bed moving and then heard people screaming a little outside Chengdu - on the 10th floor. The first big one at about 8:00 shook pretty strong, swinging cabinet doors open, swaying lights, lasted about 30 seconds. Have felt five or six small ones since then, minor swaying of lights. three hours later, still difficult to call people... Chongqing - I was in bed at the foreign experts building in my apartment on the mountainside when the very heavy swaying from side to side happened. I thought I was dreaming at first and then woke to see it was real. I am on the third floor which is actually the ground level as the building is set along the rocky platform of the mountain. It is the third time this year I have felt an earthquake. Two others in the Kingdom of Tonga were 5 and 5.2 and they were different with shaking and rumbling like a tr Hoima hospital cell in kahoora division - With eyes full of sleep i first hurried to take cover to see the person trying to break into my garage but when the windows,doors and roof started vibrating at the same time i realised it was an earthquake tremor and switched on my radio and started my computer to inform my friends Chengdu - Woke up at 8.05 am due to the shaking, people run out of the building, books moved from the shelve, tiles fall from the wall, slight aftershocks. Suining Sichuan - shaking in two wave, second wave was stronger,,,lasted about 30 seconds or less no damage to buildings Chengdu - Woke in my bed on the 5th floor to find a bouncing bed and a shaking building. Most residents fled to the street, clothed or unclothed. Last experience was a 5.4 quake in Adelaide, Australia in 1954. This one was quite frightening for me. The quick response from the government was absolutely amazing. Aftershocks were felt here until 12pm Chongqing - Felt like a heavy pile-driver hammering foundations next door. Hanging towel swinging slightly. I live at a 15th floor in a very densely populated neighbourhood in JFB, with very high buildings (+20stories) of Maoist construction, right behind the new Shangri-La hotel (58+stories) ; My main thought then: not a single one of this huge old concrete buildings would survive a direct hit, it would be an absolute mess in Chongqing. Beibei district, Chongqing - The bed was shaking but i didn't realize it's an earthquake. Many of my classmates rushed out of their rooms, some even naked. Well, May God bless Ya'an and China! Chengdu - Felt the initial shake, some things fell of shelves, my bed was shaking, books shelves, etc. Was feeling aftershocks throughout the day.
USGS	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 00:02 AM	6.6	12	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 00:02 AM	6.8	20	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Western Sichuan, China	Apr 20 00:02 AM	6.6	20	MAP I Felt It INFO

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Important update April 18 – 10:17 UTC
Pakistani sources report that the earthquake destroyed 3,000 houses in Mashkeel, Pakistan’s border province with Iran.
Officials said a total of 19,000 people were reported to be in need of shelter and wait for help.
Aid materials can only be sent by military helicopters, as relief trucks are hindered by the blocked roads and desert terrain. Civil aid organizations have not reached the region yet.
Military sent a large scale of search & rescue team and a field hospital was established in the region.
A total of 36 people got killed, 150 others were injured in Pakistan alone.
Islamabad administration hasn’t replied to the offers of international agencies yet.

This Mashkeel, Pakistan image says it all (courtesy and copyright The Nation, Pakistan)

Understanding the Massive M7.8 Iran – Pakistan earthquake

The April 16, 2013 M 7.8 earthquake east of Khash, Iran, occurred as a result of normal faulting at an intermediate depth in the Arabian plate lithosphere, approximately 80 km beneath the Earth’s surface.
Regional tectonics are dominated by the collisions of the Arabian and India plates with Eurasia; at the longitude of this event, the Arabian plate is converging towards the north-northeast at a rate of approximately 37 mm/yr with respect to the Eurasian plate.
Arabian plate lithosphere is subducted beneath the Eurasian plate at the Makran coast of Pakistan and Iran, and becomes progressively deeper to the north.
The subducted Arabian plate is known to be seismically active to depths of about 160 km. The frequency of moderate and large earthquakes within the subducted Arabian plate is not high compared with similar events in some other subducted plates worldwide, but several earthquakes have occurred within this slab in the region of today’s event over the past 40 years, including a magnitude 6.7 shock 50 km to the south in 1983.
In January of 2011, a M 7.2 earthquake occurred approximately 200 km to the east, in a similar tectonic environment to the April 16 earthquake.

This S-wave velocity map shows clearly the vulnerable “soft soil” area in Pakistan (dark orange color) – Also one of the reasons why the fatalities only occurred at the Pakistani side of the border

Important update 02:48 UTC :
- The death toll currently stands at somewhere between 30 and 35 in Pakistan and 0 in Iran. Over 150 have been injured in Pakistan.
27 people are now confirmed injured in Iran. We have decreased the earlier number of 1 to O for Iran as we could not find a reconfirmation of the Iranian fatality.
- 1000+ houses have been damaged to some extent in Pakistan.
- 25 villages (15 in Khash, 10 in Saravan) have been reviewed by Red Crescent. Only 3 destroyed houses have been found at this point in the village Qadrabad in Khash, however there has been major damage in Pakistan across the border in Soran.
- It is interesting to see why there has been significant damage across the border in Pakistan. There could be “directivity” at play in terms of a stronger direction of earthquake energy in one direction along the fault break causing higher ground motion over the border.
- Another reason could be for more vulnerable building typologies being used across the border in Pakistan.
- In Iran, there are many houses with cracks and moderate damage therefore given the warm temperatures it has been advised that residents of some of these houses stay outside for a while for fear of aftershocks.
- 2,000 tents, 5,000 blankets and 500 food packages are part of the expedition sent by the Red Crescent in South Khorasan province.

Update 21:33 UTC :
The United States offered to provide humanitarian assistance to the victims of the Tuesday’s massive earthquake that severely jolted parts of Pakistan’s Balochistan province bordering Iran. We offer our condolences to the families who lost loved ones during the earthquake,” a State Department spokesman said.
“The United States does stand ready to assist either Iran or Pakistan at this point,”  Patrick Ventrell said in response to a question at the daily briefing.

Update 21:15 UTC :
As you can see below, we have listed only 4 aftershocks of M3.5 or more since the mainshock. These were reported by the international agencies. Also the Iranian seismological agency has counted only 4 which is very few for such a massive earthquake.

Update 18:23 UTC :
The death toll in Pakistan has further increased to 34 according to Pakistan TV. 150 have been reported injured in Mashkeel Tehsil.
Over 1‚000 houses have been damaged in the area.

Image courtesy and copyright Pakistan TV

Update 17:18 UTC :
Iranian media now reports the first fatality inside Iran. No specifics where it happened or the conditions. This is however not confirmed by any other Iranian source.

Update 16:39 UTC :
We, at ER are somewhat puzzled why the main devastation and fatalities are being reported from a relatively big distance in Pakistan. The image below shows probably why ! The Mashkeel area looks like a dry lake on Google Earth and the surrounding cities are showing soft soil and farming fields, this contrary to a rocky soil in Iran (Rocks are decreasing the shaking impact).
The many images below so show what we are trying to explain. The image just below this text shows a satellite Google map and one can see clearly the many rivers arriving in the Mashkeel lake. These rivers may have transported huge amounts of sediment, sediment who will be propagating the earthquake waves at full force ( Remember the Mexico City liquefaction earthquake).
Science will have a huge work in defining what triggered the devastation in Pakistan.

Mashkeel lake showing the many rivers arriving in the lake – Sediment transport is a logical conclusion

RThis image shows the Mashkeel lake and Panjgur, both locations who suffered huge damage and fatalities

Farming fields to the West of the Mashkeel lake area

Update 16:24 UTC :
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso have expressed grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives and damage to property caused by the earthquake.In Iran at least forty people have been killed and hundreds were injured.

Update 16:17 UTC :
German TV has just released a number of 30 fatalities in Pakistan. Pakistan TV however mentions 26 deaths (21 in Mashkeel and 5 in Panjgur). Sad numbers.

Update 15:35 UTC :
Iran update : Iranian sources now report 27 injuries from which 3 have been hospitalized.

Update 15:20 UTC :
The quake death toll keeps climbing and has reached 21 people so far.  About 100 people have been reported injured so far. Pakistani troops started rescue and relief operations in the earthquake-stricken areas.  According to authorities, the rescuers will distribute tents, food and supplies to the earthquake-stricken areas.

Update 14:56 UTC :
- Fardanews Iran is stating that so far, inside Iran, only 27 people were reported injured
- Reuters reports now 13 fatalities inside Baluchistan, Pakistan (among the deaths, 3 children).
- A lot of damage based on this report but as saif earlier, no confirmation as yet.

Important update 14:24 UTC :
- Indian media quoting Radio Pakistan are now talking about 12 deaths and a lot of injured in inside western Pakistan. No Pakistan media are confirming this news.  Panjgur and Kharan districts of Balochistan, the quted districs where some buildings presumably collapsed, are indeed neighboring areas to Iran.  The following hours will make sure if this news is correct. We keep searching for confirmation in to be trusted sources.

Very Important update 13:44 UTC :
– IRAN, by means of the Governor of the hit province has OFFICIALLY DENIED that there were 40 fatalities.  He said that communications and infrastructure has been affected.
- As further assessment is underway in Iran, we expect that it will take several more hours before a serious report will be published
Earthquake-Report.com is happy with the outcome of this earthquake.

Important update 13:18 UTC :
- There is a total confusion about the damage and possible fatalities / injured. The earthquake occurred in a remote sparsely populated area in Iran. Assessment teams and 3 helicopters and rescue teams have been send to the epicenter area, but so far NO news from them.
- Some sources in India are taking about 5 fatalities inside Pakistan (Baluchistan). In Mashkel area of Kharan, 3 children and 2 adults would have been killed and many injured have been brought to a nearby military hospital. We cannot confirm this news based on a second independent source.

Important update 12:51 UTC :
- We are irritated by the world press who is looking for ghost fatalities. In their search and copy/paste work they are mixing 2 earthquakes, the one from last week who led to the death of 41 people and today’s one. Reports that are appearing here and there that also some people have been killed in Pakistan could not be confirmed inside Pakistan.

Important update 12:35 UTC :
- UGS Pager has again changed the expected impact stating now that the Max shaking would be very strong (MMI VII) near the epicenter. This is the third map we publish, not to blemish USGS but to proof that seismology is not an exact science and needs a lot of recalculation.
- The shaking intensity is now expected to be (theoretical) :
MMI VI (strong shaking) Khash 70,000 inhabitants
MMI V (moderate shaking) : Iranshahr, Zahedan, Panjgur,  ‘Alaqahdari Dishu and Turbat
MMI IV (light shaking) : Mirabad, Rudbar, Khan Neshin and Dalbandin

Important update 12:27 UTC :
- We have now confirmed reports of 3 injured people in Saravan (Iran) and 5 injured people in Pakistan (various locations)  (probably shock related).
- Some cracks are reported in houses closer to the epicenter.
- 100 rescuers are on their way to the epicenter area and will probably need approx. 5 hours to reach the epicenter area.

Important update 12:19 UTC :
At the moment of writing we have NO REASON and NO REPORT of any deaths.
The 40 fatalities reported in many sites (and copied, copied, copied) are probably taken from the fatalities of last week earthquake. You should NOT believe this at this moment.
We are proud to say that this site is probably one of the most reliable in the world, due to our experience in the field.

Update 12:15 UTC :
Population statistics of people living within a certain radius near the epicenter :
100 km    290000 people,  75 km    50000 people, 50 km    17000 people, 20 km     <1000 people,  10 km     <1000 people, 5 km     <1000 people and 2 km no people
We have to be careful with these data as extracting the exact epicenter location is very tricky. An error margin of 10 to 20 km is normal.
- A similar depth earthquake (our viewers would remember) happened in January 2011 in Pakistan – This was Mw7.2 and a bit shallower, and caused 1 direct death and 2 indirect deaths with around 200 houses damaged.
- We expect that there will be damage however, we hope the fatalities will be kept to a minimum.
- According to the last census, the population of Saravan is 173000, khash 290000 and suran 69000 – Probably another several thousand in the nearby villages…

Image courtesy JRC

Update 12:08 UTC :
- Historic Fault depths are often right and also in this case, James Daniell, our CATDAT Damage specialist had a hard time to believe the shallow depths reported at the beginning (confusing data are nothing special for seismology). A massive earthquakes in the past showed a depth of 64 km. At this moment depths are varying from 51 to 82 km, a world of difference for damage prediction.
- Lets hope that the assessment and Rescue teams will find only material damage (we are sure that there will be damage).
- This is the second major earthquake to be felt in the Emirates region in less than a week !, however both quakes are not necessarily related.

Very important Update 11:57 UTC :
- USGS has also changed the depth of the hypocenter from 17 km to 82 and changed the color of his pager to GREEN = they expect NO fatalities.
- We are giving a lot of credit to this change as also the close by 1983 earthquake had no fatalities and was deep too.

Update 11:53 UTC  :
- Iran has send 12 assessment teams to the earthquake epicenter area.
- we have still no confidence in the various seismological reports. They are still conflicting on the depth of the hypocenter. The depth of an earthquake is a main trigger for damage estimates.
- Some newspapers are publishing deaths but we have to stress that this is too soon. The numbers may be derived of earlier earthquakes. As soon as we have official data or to be trusted numbers, we will publish them immediately.

Important update 11:44 UTC  : Iran seismological Institute is also reporting a depth of 95 km at this moment (earlier shallower). We like this extremely.
- Red Crescent Iran is sending 3 helicopters to the epicenter area and at least the 7 villages closest to the epicenter

We can finally write again.
Our server was blocked due to too high demand too many readers at the same time).
Most seismological agencies (even Iran) are reporting a depth of approx. 100 km, which is far better than a shallow depth.
- EMSC has changed to M7.7 and 50km : not good at all
- GEOFON, Mw7.7 and 95km
- WAPMERR switches to 10-600 deaths, and 100-2000 injuries using the USGS data…. thus they show the range
- No accurate information on damage on hand at the moment, but according to some local sources 40 deaths are estimated
- this could also be mixed up with the previous earthquake
- Fars news (persian) quotes the geophysical institute of tehran universuty: depth of 18km
- 15 seconds of shaking in the UAE

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SRC	Location	UTC Date/time	M	D	INFORMATION
EMSC	Iran-pakistan Border Region	Apr 16 21:32 PM	4.2	46	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Iran-pakistan Border Region	Apr 16 21:02 PM	3.6	80	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Southern Iran	Apr 16 20:43 PM	4.4	68	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Southeastern Iran	Apr 16 20:43 PM	4.7	76	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Southeastern Iran	Apr 16 20:43 PM	4.7	55	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Southeastern Iran	Apr 16 19:14 PM	4.2	60	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Southeastern Iran	Apr 16 19:14 PM	4.6	56	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Iran-pakistan Border Region	Apr 16 16:26 PM	4.0	93	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Iran-pakistan Border Region	Apr 16 13:54 PM	4.5	69	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Iran-pakistan Border Region	Apr 16 13:54 PM	4.1	65	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Iran-pakistan Border Region	Apr 16 10:44 AM	7.8	87	MAP I Felt It INFO
Sharjah, UAE - Pictures on wall moved a little only felt it sitting down, animals didn't react Dubai - Scary! Dubai - Very Minor shaking felt in my house. Doors swung back and a forth ever so slightly. Dubai - shaking Abu Dhabi - Moderate shaking for about 5 seconds in Abu Dhabi UAE - presume it's from Iran Dubai - 2.48pm 16 April 2013 Two earthquakes felt the second being stringer than the first. Wall , tables chairs moved and shook. Jodhpur - Very Mild earthquake felt in Jodhpur in Rai-Ka-Bagh area. Doha, Qatar - Miled shake lasted about 5-6 seconds. Dubai, safa park - Felt like building was moving side to side briefly, lights were moving Dammam, ksa - it lasted for 3-5 seconds. Doha - Felt a slight tremor for a few seconds Abu Dhabi - second time in less than 1 month Al Ain, UAE - Mild shaking. It causes waves inside my aquarium tank Dubai - Sitting at desk and I started swaying. It was strong enough that I knew it wasn't me, but was too weak to topple stuff. Delhi - hearthrob vibration Dubai/Sharjah - Sitting at my desk at work, the floor started shifting side to side. Lasted for around 3-5 seconds, then ceased. (2.47pm Gulf Standard time, 16th April 2013) Al Ain uae - Felt the bed shaking Doha - Weird Abu Dhabi - I live in Abu Dhabi in Sas Al Nakhl Village (near the Cricket Stadium). At 2:47pm (1447) local time, I saw and felt my desk shake for several seconds. The pull cord for the lamp on my desk was swinging. I never felt an earthquake before so this scared me! Kuwait - weak shaking felt Doha Qatar - office tables are shaking! takes 10 to 15 seconds Hauz Khas, Delhi, India - At 4.23pm a minor earthquake of around 4 rector scale has been felt at Delhi. The glacess and fans of third floor were jerking making noise. NoidaU.P indiA - Two jolts of shaking felt on first floor 13 ft above ground. Fans were in pendulum motion for about 30 - 40 seconds. Alain, uae - i was sitting on my sofa it suddenly started vibrating and i was thinking whats this..suddenly my brother from the other room came while he was sleeping he said there is earth quake my bed was shivering. Dubai, Dubai - Felt like someone was shaking the couch. Dubai, UAE - Water rippling in the fountain tank Dubai - Building shaking and swaying at Dubai Financial Centre. Some buildings being evacuated Balochistan/ Dera Murad Jamali - Table and clocks start vibraing bikaner - I am sitting in office, and my chair and fans was shaking about 4:25PM on 16 April, 2013. Currently I am at bikaner, rajasthan. Abu Dhabi - Around 3-4 mins of light shaking in Khalifa City A, Abu Dhabi. Started approx 2.45pm UAE time +4GMT. Bahrain - flat shaking while sitting on the floor Dubai - Weak to Light shaking noida - i was sitting in my office when i found suddenly my chair start moving .. it was for approx 3to 4 sec Noida - Table & chair start shaking Lahore - long duration earthquake, felt for around 30 to 45 seconds. isllamabad - I was in my hostel with my friend at the 4th floor, we felt some shaking tried to go out side but it stopped then.. Gurgaon - A strong shaking was expreienced Abu Dhabi - Felt my desk chair shake while I was sitting on it. Looked up from my screen to see a coworker's monitor vibrate on his desk! I work on the ground floor. Sargodha - My Room Was Like On Vibration.. Saudi Arabia, Riyadh - I was sat at my desk on the phone and felt a sudded, slight shake lasting about 5 seconds. Dubai Studio City - Was sitting at my desk when I felt the building shake... Scary! Dubai, United Arab Emirates - As it is the first one I've experienced I'm not sure if it would be classed as weak or light shaking but the building I live in was wobbling and light shades were swinging. Dubai - felt light tremor in Dubai also.. many ppl came out of their bldgs Abu Dhabi - It was around 2:56 pm when I looked at my watch following the shaking (Abu Dhabi time). I was having an afternoon nap and it actually woke me up. I live on the first floor. I remember it lasted for a good 10 seconds (but maybe it was longer since I was sleeping). It was strong enough to make objects in the house shake a little with slight noises. patiala - i felt around 4.30 pm Abu Dhabi - Shaking on upper floor of cement villa. Muscat, Oman - I didn't notice it, but several of my coworkers (only feet away from me) said they felt it. abu dhabi - I was on the first floor of our town house. It made the house shake for about 5 seconds at about 14.50 today. Dubai - What a headache.... Dubai - High rise seemed to be swaying, doors closed shut in apartment, water in glass moving FUJAIRAH - It was terrible shaking in my building Abu Dhabi - Office chairs shaking for about 10-15 seconds. Abu dhabi - Strong shaking felt with people feeling dizzy. Lasted around 1 minute ROHINI, DELHI,INDIA - HI ITS NITIN FROM DELHI, INDIA. i WAS WORKING ON MY NOTEBOOK AND SUDDENLY FELT THAT MY DESK IS SHAKING SLOWLY AND IMMEDIATELY REALISE THAT ITS A EARTHQUAKE. Sharjah - i thought i was dizzy Knowledge Village, Dubai - felt giddy til now... Doha, Qatar - shaking felt on 2nd floor karachi, pakistan - I work on 2nd floor; my table & chair began wobbling & windows were rattling. This lasted 5 to 10 seconds. We went down by stairs & waited outside till given OK signal by admin staff. manama bahrain - Mild bed n cupboard shaking ... Gurgaon - Although, just like a few previous times, it was like a severe headache (obviously not as dramatic as most people suggests). I was in Delhi- NCR at around 4:20 pm when I felt it. Lahore - I was just sitting for my study, my books began toh fall from shelves and every thing began toh make horor sounds and then i came to know it is earthquake dubai - first a clear "bouncing" sensation, followed 30 seconds later by a side to side" or lateral movement, which repeated 3 additional times leading to vertigo Dubai - Felt something like a 3 on the richter scale quake here in Dubai ahmedabad - I heard my friends in United arab emirates also felt it Just check up on that DAFZA Dubai - just felt like move earth,under feet. Manama, Juffair - Felt slight vibrations on the second floor of the building in Juffair, lasted about 15 seconds fujairah - the whole ground was rumbling with things fallin from above ,,,waters rippling, fan swaying....terrible Al Mahooz ,Bahrain - Felt like shaking karachi - i was in the office when my dest started shaking ! Ahmedabad - Being IT person i helped evacuate but what everyone got a view to realize it when we felt as if we were medically wrong as if it was spinning in our head and then the light fixtures started spinning which made everyone rush towards the door giving a sense it was earthquake. harjah - around 2.49 pm, we started shaking.from previous experience we immediately looked at the chandeliers and saw them swaying. Dubai JLT - 26th Floor in Saba Tower and felt initial light shaking and then it weakened, lasted around a minute or so DIP Jebel Ali - Here in DIP, Jebel Ali.. I felt dizzy Manama, Bahrain - The Building shook Ahmedabad - I was working on my laptop on bed and suddenly felt like somebody shaking me from left to right. It was not that strong but it was like mother wake up his baby by moving his hand from left to right. I was really scared and ran to main room where exist is there. My parents were asleep but both woke up because of this movements. Ahmedabad - Hi it was a mild feeling as i felt vibrations in the office canteen Abu Dhabi - a couple of five second shakes in a 2 story villa. Ras Tanura (KSA) - This was my second experience in earthquakes...first was last week, here, at the same place...this one was shorter but stronger....strange feeling... Doha - I was on the bed and i felt the bed moving. At the same time I looked at the slightly opened door in my bedroom and that was also moving back and forth within a 2 inch distance. It was felt in 2 breaks. Probably around 2pm from Doha local time. Muscat, Shatti Qurum - I felt it for like 3 seconds, went running to all the other rooms in my office and we all just watched our desks and file cabinets shaking Ghaziabad - I was sitting on a chair with wheels, when the chair rolled towards the other end of the room. I grabbed hold of a wall and realized it was an earthquake. Going in the drawing room, i saw the chandeliers shaking and went out of the house and went from the 5th floor to the ground floor and out of the building. Noida - Felt table and chair shaking dubai - Wow Abu Dhabi - My sofa started to shake . It took me a few seconds to realise it's an earthquake. I'm at my brothers apartment in a 3 story building . I can imagine how somebody on a higher floor felt it. Scary. Amritsar - Ceiling fans swinging. JLT, Dubai - all towers were slowly swaying Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Sitting in the office on the ground floor, around 14:45 a slight tremor was felt Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - Occurred at 16:17 IST on April 16. Distinct rocking of my work table and chair. Four occurrences within 2 minutes or so. Khobar, Saudi Arabia - our building shook strongly. even more than the 6.3 earthquake a few days ago. Karachi - Had to evacuate the office building for good 30 minutes and still fear aftershocks. NOIDA - hi, i am arunaditya. i was studying on my bed and suddenly my bed started shaking and i just jumped out and went outside. JAIPUR - i was in my studyroom suddenly i felt mild shaking and dogs were barking, birds are flying here and there randomly... then i heard about assam and delhi earthquake on same day Karachi - Very BAd Muscat - I felt it for a few seconds, got up from my chair and watched my chair and file cabinet shaking, weird. wat an expierence Karachi - I was on the 8th floor of SSGC building when i felt the floor is shaking at around 4 pm. Delhi - I was working on my laptop whle sitting on the floor, and suddenly I realised that my laptop is shaking out of my knees....then I realised it was due to a minor earthquake here... Bahawalpur, Pakistan - We all the people in the office ran out of the office building because we strongly felt that this vibrating office basically caused by an earthquake. Karachi - My chair started to vibrate and when I stand up I felt everything is moving. Strange feeling. My mind still shaking. Abu Dhabi - The tremors/vibrations were felt on first floor building in Abu Dhabi Oman - I felt for few seconds the 3 storyed villa shaking. Noida - Earthquake i noida:http://www.crcadvisor.com/panchsheel-pratishtha-sector-75-noida.html Lahore - It was around 04:00 pm. i was in my office on forth floor and felt like someone is shaking my chair..It lasted for almost 1 minute. My colleagues felt the same ajman - This is first time I experience an earth quake.I am laying on bed its suddenly started shaking. I looked at the roof the fan is swinging. water bottle on the table is moving and a mirror hanged on the wall is also swinging, we all ran down, alhamdullillah everyone is safe. Muscat, Sultanate of Oman - I was at my place of work in front of the computer when I felt light tremors for few seconds. I work at a site in Oman where we are constructing a new international airport in Muscat New Delhi - light shaking in my study room. desk and overhead light trembled. nothing broken here. praying for the iranians/pakistanis sheikh zayed road - i felt dizzy :| the chandeliers are moving and my pc is shaking. khalifa street - i was on the phone, just thought that i was suddenly dizzy, until i realised that the blind cords and the clothes on our coat rack were swaying. Khalifa Port (Taweelah area) - I looked at my colleague bcos I thought that he was shaking our workstation. We felt tremors here at Khalifa Port, we were concerned bcos this place is a reclaimed area and where are on the sea. Abu Dhabi - My bed started shaking and a picture fell down, nothing serious! 2 hits of light shaking! Noida - Sitting on desk. Felt heavy in my head. Looked around. Saw people evacuating the building. Gurgaon Haryana - only for 3 or 4 secs.. Abu Dhabi - When I was seated in office (Takreer Biulding, Salam Street, Abu Dhabi, I felt a swinging experience for a few seconds & then a dizziness aftermath. Ajman - Office was dancing .. i felt dizzy Dusit Thani hotel,Dubai - I felt dizzy around 30 second than I look at all my hanging object swing around included my TV,We lived in the 15 floor,it was so scary. Badin,Sindh,Pakistan - i saw my fan moving and even the chair on which i was sitting, shaked lightly. Juffair, Bahrain - I was sitting in my flat on the fourth floor and felt the couch shake side to side for about 3-4 seconds. Also watched the tall plant sway side to side. Kuwait - Weak shaking felt on third floor Dubai, U.A.E - rattling & shaking desks, swaying chandeliers and vibrating glass doors Dubai - Felt chairs & tables moving ..difficult to balance noida - that was just a moment Abu Dhabi - moderate shaking eaethquake felt in abu dhabi Oman - Hi am from Oman..! We experienced moderate-strong vibrations around 2.52pm this afternoon. I think it lasted for about 30 seconds.. The room was vibrating, we felt moderate vibrations on our work-table, chair, the computer vibrated a bit...! Its a shocking feel! Seef, Bahrain - Felt the light building shake while eating lunch here in Seef, Bahrain. Didn't find cause to go down from the 8th Floor where I am, unlike last week's earthquake kiss of 6.3 in Iran, where all personnel ran to the ground for safety. Just hope this won't become a weekly experience here that would become alarming for all Bahrain residents, local and expats alike. 'guess it's God's way of telling Iran to STOP their nuclear ambition! Sharjah, UAE - Bursts of 3 with the first 2 being hardly 2-3 secs, the third was the one that i felt the most and had us running out. karachi - I was getting my kids sleep my bed started shaking thrice.Karachi Nagpur, Maharashtra - I felt 4-5 shakes in short intervals of minutes. I could sense and feel them but most of people in our office did not feel the same. Dammam - Was in office and chair was shaking in 2 breaks. Felt dizzy for 10-15 seconds. Ahmedabad - duration is less than 2 sec Sharjah , Industrial Area - I am having a lunch with my friend in my room ,that time we felt some shaking on the floor ,suddenly we getting down every one from that building . we ran away ... Islamabad - Shock of little earth quake Lahore - I was sitting at my desk on the 8th floor and the whole building started shaking. It was pretty scary. Abu Dhabi - Motherfucker wtf dude i was dancing in bathroom and the fucking earthquake fucked me ;/ Noida - I was sitting on a chair and all of sudden the chair started moving Dubai - We thought its the end of the world Dubai - I have experienced weak shaking before but this one was a little bit stronger. Gurgaon - in Gurgaon Abu Dhabi - Could see and hear things vibrating in the apartment from the 36th floor. The cats woke up suddenly. dubai - I was sitting at my work desk, i had the sensation that i am dizzy or having balance loss. Then i saw the decoration flower also moving and i realised that it is not me, is earthquake Jebel Ali Freezone, Dubai, Unite Arab Em - shocked dubai - door shaking, sofa shaking Dubai - weird! Abu dhabi,uae - I was sitting and watching tv at the same moment my dad said to me that his bed is shaking , and when i saw the door of my room it was shaking, my decoration bells were shaking, the roof too was shaking badly....and when i looked out from my building, all the people of my building were rushing out...and its not just at my place-au dhabi,uae but the earthquake is world wide .... i would just like thank Allah as he saved everyone's life .... Thank God ... Noida - It was around 4.20 pm when I felt the trebles of quake. The chair i was sitting shook along with the water and tea on table.It lasted for around 1 min. Dubai - From 32th floor, it started with light shaking, I could't stand up properly... the plants of the house and the pictures on the wall started to shake... It was scary. RIYADH - Riyadh - Malaz; We were in Office and felt shaking of chair and building. Dubai - Chair "swaying" for 5-10 seconds at 10.50 UTC/14.50LT, furniture creaking. Dubai - The office was shaking Ambala Cantt, India - I was in my room on first floor and i started feeling the tremors. I walked out to find all the hangings from the ceiling like fan, chimes, earthen bells etc. swinging. It went on for about a minute or so with lighter tremors even later but were very mild Kandahar - Door to room was shaking and entire room/building was shaking. All people in the building felt it. Karachi - Buildings were shaking clearly! Karachi - I felt some sudden strong jolts and vibration in the ground with mild to moderate shaking of laptop and dresser mirrors for a few seconds. Other parts of the city have experienced more severe shocks with people falling off their beds, and news reports are that some cracks are found in buildings but no damage to life or property have been reported. Dubai - I was about to have my lunch when I thought I started feeling dizzy, but my father soon exclaimed that why has everything started shaking. We then rushed down the building. It was scary. Karachi - Pakistan - My office table, Printer, Laptop, chair everything was shaking Seef, Bahrain - Felt the light shake here in Seef, Bahrain, while having our lunch break just inside the office. Didn't feel the need to go down from the 8th Floor where we are as the kiss seemed to be just a light earthquake kiss, unlike our first experience last week where all personnel ran for their safety from the 8th Floor to the ground; I am still feeling the muscle pains in both of my legs due to my 5' heels :). Just hope this won't become a weekly exercise in Bahrain. While still hitting the nearby gro Ras Al Khaimah, UAE - Building shaking moderately for around 10 seconds, shaking continued at lower levels for around 40 seconds Jubail KSA - i felt about 3-5 seconds, when i saw my gallon of water shaking Muscat - I felt 2 quite strong shakings. On the fourth floor of the five store building I felt my chair was swinging right-left twice. It was not pleasant. Sharjah - This was my first experience and honestly it was scary. I don't want feel another one like that and my first experience is not that good. It has shakes almost everything inside my house and kept for around 30 seconds to 1 minutes. Abu Dhabi - Was in a 7 story building which started vibrating, then swaying. Felt mild vertigo and dizziness. Heard slight cracking of cement in building, which was evacuated. Clifton, Defence Karachi - I feel scared everything was shaking on table. Dubai - building shook badly UNKLAB - I had to sit because the balance on the fourth floor of the University's building was shaking seriously. Shortly we felt it again, probably an aftershock. Al Ain, UAE - University building shaking for 10 seconds. Karachi - we were on the 11th floor, everything in the office started shaking at around 1545 (PKST) the whole building evacuated First time I felt the quake this strong... can't think as to what it must have been been like at the epicenter of this quake Dubai - Media City - Floor and glass doors were clearly shaking. Everybody rushed to fire exit stairs and then gathered in nearby ground. Riyadh - My office is on 4th floor of building. Sitting on a chair; felt it moved slightly that made me adjust the chair's position. Also this was felt in the entire building's floor by others. Al Khobar - I was on 4thfloor and we are literally shaking and our feeling giddyness. Kuwait - The bed I was sitting on started rocking a little bit. Al qusais - could feel the building sway....n the bed literally shake...on the 3rd floor. Manama, Bahrain - was sitting on the floor and suddenly felt the flat shaking. plant on top of tv was shaking too. doha - On high floor you could feel a small shaking but it was very long. The building structure continue moving the a long period. Deira, Dubai - first time slight vibration while working 3rd floor 10 story building, between 3 seconds gap 3 times, 2nd and 3rd time was very strong shaking. while get down through steps while reach ground floor when try to put leg next down the step pulled me to 4th step and fall down rolled on step reach the ground floor and ran away from the building then all people are coming out of building, then after 20 minutes we back to office. doha, salwa road - I was sending a mail, suddenly i could see the bottle shaking, then my chair and table too... i think for few seconds. Oman, Muscat, Darsait - The table on which i was working just shook a little... at first thought it was my dog sitting under the table and scratching herself which shook the table. doha - On high floor you could feel a small shaking but it was very long. The building structure continue moving the a long period. Dubai uae - 2 tremors felt. Over quickly. All safe Deira, Dubai - first time slight vibration while working 3rd floor 10 story building, between 3 seconds gap 3 times, 2nd and 3rd time was very strong shaking. while get down through steps while reach ground floor when try to put leg next down the step pulled me to 4th step and fall down rolled on step reach the ground floor and ran away from the building then all people are coming out of building, then after 20 minutes we back to office. Dubai Investments Park - Moderate shake for few seconds Delhi - I was walking while the ground started shaking and i almost fell down. Al Jafliya, Dubai - I was on the 10th floor, we clearly felt moderate-strong shaking. Projectors, whole floor was shaking. SZR, Dubai - Felt the quake for about 5 seconds in the office at 2nd floor. A lot of people from higher floors vacate the building. Doha - just shaking for about 30 secs. Ahmedabad - We all are working in orffice. suddenly we fill earth quake at 4:19 PM -Indian Time. people are out form office & leave work. all are come back for work after 5 to 7 mins. Oman - I felt i was moving towards left side and my glass doors shook - 4th floor. still feeling diziness in the head dubai - i was rolled of the bed Dubai - Felt the shake, weak to light, people evacuate from the building. Muscat - computers and partition walls was shaking for almost a minute in my office building. dubai - I scared Gurgaon - Was sitting on my desk when I felt shaken, when everyone around me felt the same Vadodara - I was in my office room on 3rd floor and my chair started shaking for around 15 seconds Dubai - scary...i can hear the sounds of my fully glass window next to me...then ran out down without shoes Sharjah UAE - The building swayed from side to sde to side - our office was evacuated. Was very scary Qeshm Island, Dargahan - This is my several times experience of earthquake since 2005 in Qeshm Island - Deyrestan, but it was very bad feeling. I hope no one fall. Manama, Bahrain - Felt moderate vibrations for 10-15 seconds Dubai,JLT Saba3 - When earthquake affected Dubai area,I was in my apartment in Saba 3 and felt light walls and lamp shaking accompanied by strange sound,something similar to the sound if somebody is walking on the top of your house roof.I immediately called security because to be honest I thought it was some construction going on on my floor,at least it was sounds like it.I was informed that it's earthquake that is also found in Other Saba towers.I stayed home bcz I experienced earthquake before and didn't find i Mirdif, Dubai - Our villa in Mirdif Dubai was shook for a few seconds furniture moving and shaking..bit scary Dubai - This was my first severe experience karachi - My husband was sleeping I was watching tv,I saw my husband shaking I thought he was feeling cold same time breaking news of earthquack annouse on tv. delhi - i was shocked whats happening.i was on second floor still the feeling was clear. Dubai - Weak shaking 3 seconds Karachi - I was at work, when I felt my chair started shaking and vibrating hard, then i saw the monitor shaking and i immediately got up, looked around, everyone was at shock and we knew this was earthquake jolts we were experiencing. We quickly ran out of the building, and the entire office building was evacuated! UAE - MAIN ABU DHABI KE SOWWAH ISELAND MAIN KAM KARTA HUN YANHA EARTHQUAKE KE JHATKE MASOOS KIYE GAYE JAB MAIN 20 VEN FLOOR PE THA TO MUJHE BULDING HILTI HUI MEHSUS HUI FIR SITE KE LAGBHAG 50000 LOGON MAIN BHADGDAD MACH GAYI OR EK BANGLADESH KA LADKA BHID MEIN JAKHMI HO GYA USE TURANT HOSPITAL BHJEA GYA ... MAIN BHAGWAN SE YEHI DUA KARTA HUN KI SAB KOGON KO BAKHSE JAI MATA DI Kuwait - I was in my last lesson(ICT), when I felt it. I thought my friend was shaking my chair but she wasn't. She also thought I was shaking her chair. Bahla, Oman - Slight shaking Muscat, Oman - Evacuated our office for about 20 minutes Al ain - Hospitals and schools being effected Abu Dhabi - Felt some slight shaking kuwait - our office was shaking Manama - Was at home sitting on the sofa and felt the sofa shake for about half a minute. Muscat - I was working in office situated in a building on 6th floor near Shatti Beach. Suddenly everything started shaking...doors were also shaking...felt 2 tremors for quite sometime may be 10seconds....it was dreadful. Abu Dhabi Al Wahda - on 30th floor, about 14:45 felt room shake for about 15 seconds. We knew it was an earthquake! karachi - I was sleeping with my husband and all of a sudden my bed started dancing. I rushed myself and my husband out of the house in an open field Ofice - I was sitting on my chair and talking with my colleague when i feel it unlike last April 9,2013 that i dont feel shaking.. Karachi - I was studying and suddenly see my bed shaking like its possessed or something then i see water in a bottle shaking severely overall it was a pretty hair raising experience ! AL-MATTAR ROAD NEAR AIRPORT - VERY STRONG TRMORS. HEAVY TRAFFIC ON AIRPORT ROAD. Karachi - Felt moderately strong jolts.. Gereshk, Afghanistan - Light Shaking felt indoors, some outside. Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan - Very slow shake of a 1 story wood building, 4 other people felt it. Abu Dhabi city - shaking Alain, Abu Dhabi, UAE - Floor was vibrating, the glass of water and dining table vibrating. New delhi - Seems like not much damage in the city from prelim reports. Bed shook considerably but for a short while. Doha - Swaying of the apartment building and the sound of crumbling plaster Abu Dhabi - About 10 sec of vibrating - everything... 2nd floor Southern Afghanistan - Sitting in my office chair, noticed a slight rocking first and then the the whole building was lightly swaying. 16.04.2013 gorod sharjah - da traslo snachalo potahonku ,potom stalo silnee a vkonce stalo tak tryasti chto ya stala derjatsya za steny lustry hodili hadunom, eto bylo ujasno! fujairah - I was giving my child bath and I could the feel the floor/ceiling shaking and his stool was wobbling.My vessels on the cooking range moved from its position. It was vibrating all over. Alkhobar-SaudiArabia - I am in Alkhobar 10thfloor,Shubei tower 2-times Shaking 2/3Seconds and more...sultan Alfares Karachi - bed completely shake shiraz - i just look at the luster on ceiling and get out of home. Shiraz - i just wanna say no one can felt 4.5 quake at 600km distance like abu dahbi Karachi, Pakistan - On the 16th floor of the building in the most populous city of Pakistan, we were pummelled from side to side for 10 seconds, and many people fell to the ground. doha - We were in the office just after lunch and started the working and computer screen started shaking and we stood up felt wrong and had experienced of quake for few seconds karachi,pakistan - Today in karachi,pakistan,earthquake had occured at 3:15 pm,i was playing a game in my computer,i felt that my head in spinning,suddenly i felt building shaking,me and mu family and other people from other houses came out in fear,even in other parts of pakistan earthquake had occured.it was very strong earthquake 7.9 okara - the magnitude of earthquack was strong as i was in my classroom when i felt it. BAFFA - we are thanks to Allah THAT ALLAH HELP US AND SAVE OUR LIFE Al Saad, Doha, Qatar - felt the couch "wobbling" for about a minute Ras al Khaimah, UAE - came in two waves, first one weak but very noticeable for 5-10 seconds; subsided to nothing, then seconds later much stronger and lasted much longer. Was in a room with an LCD projector mounted on the ceiling- projected image was bouncing all around the screen from the vibrations for well over a minute. Dubai - My chair was moving from side to side. We could not keep balance in the staircase. Sharjah - Chandeliers and curtains swaying...ripples seen in water cans Dubai - Very scary and worrisome because we are in a high rise apartment I just hope that the tall buildings are safe here in Dubai. Abu Dhabi - approx. 5-10 seconds very weak vibrations, caused weak nausea karachi - while attending my training session in one of the building located at I.I.CUNDRIGARH ROAD,suddenly our chairs started shaking after some moment we realized it was an earthquake.the shakings lasted atleast 25 seconds and then after 10 seconds we felt another shaking spell of about 7 seconds. New Delhi, India - I had just arrived home and was going up to my 10th floor in elevator when it shook a bit. when i finally reached my floor the shaking increased which made me realized it was an earthquake and then we rushed down. lasted around 15 secs. Bur Dubai, Dubai, UAE - We're watching Eurovision in my dad's laptop when my sister felt the bed was shaking. She asked me if I was rocking my chair near the bed, I said no. We stood up for seconds, felt nothing, so we sat down again. She realised there was an earthquake happening when we felt the bed was really shaking. We stood up, looked at the perfume bottles, then ran to the bathroom, where our roommate's taking a bath. Since we're living on the 6th floor we didn't bother to go down. This was our 1st earthquake. Doha - Felt it for about 6 to 8 seconds Karachi - may God protect us Jubail Industrial City - As I was sitting on my computer chair, I yesterday (16th April, about 2:45PM?) suddenly felt slow movement, at first I thought maybe its myself so I asked other officemates if they also felt the shaking for about 2 seconds. Then we were told to evacuate the 4 storey building. Thanks God, we're all safe. Bahrain - 825 am april 17 bahrain time, mild shaking at 5th floor for few seconds Ras al kheimah - I was sitting in my bedroom.My bed started shaking banging with the wall.It was felt for almost 20-25 seconds.Also my bed is king size very heavy one Noida Sector 16 - Debabrata parida --Office building & computer shaking for 10 seconds. Karachi - Although I was on the ground floor of our office but the shaking of the building was recognizable enough for all of us to leave the building. Abu Dhabi uae - some houses fell in the coast but no injuries where found yet in the uae city karachi - i was setting on my sofa i was reciting quran shareef after my duhar praying but at 3.44 . pm / i saw my sfa is shaking i was rea;lly upset what is happening but after few second i realized and run away to get chance to safe my life , i run aon the stairs quickly without lossing any second and when i felt that was not dream this is earthquick Dubai, U.A.E - aftershock of Iran quake: only a single back and.forth sway of the my office floor beneath my feet, here in Dubai, but a decisive and wide sway. Everyone in the office felt it. Lasted.about 3.5 seconds for the single sway back and forth cycle. No biggie. Nothing fell off shelves. karachi - when i was sleeping on my bed suddenly my mom start moving . my mom thought that my sister is hitting the bed and thats the bed is moving but when my mother asked my sister that why are you hitting the bed so my sister said no mom iam not doing then my mom got scared when he saw the globe and fans they were moving then she got to know that it is the earth quake and we all ran downwards into the ground .this was the first time we felt the earthquake Karachi - Karachi, Pakistan Qatif - Many people didn't even feel it though but many others say they did feel especially inside tall buildings! Kandahar - light shaking sharjah UAE - feeling of earthquake but not shaky sharjah - it was not scary at all I did not feel anything Karachi - We live in the suburbs of the metropolis and we were trying to have a cat nap when i felt the tremors,to confirm i asked my spouse if she was feeling the same,then we grabbed our 5 years old son and rushed to open,to our surprise the entire neighborhood was there to greet us. It was SCARY !!! Mother Nature in its fury. We stayed outside for almost an hour,later i moved my loved ones to a comparatively safer place on ground level,as we live in an apartment building. Sorry God :) Abu Dabi, UAE - heard the windows and the our metal starirs shaking, tables and chairs were shaking for about 3 to 6 mins Kandahar - Items on my desk moved around. My chair was moving around for about 30 seconds. Hyderabad Sindh Pakistan - I was sitting in my office when I found suddenly my chair was swinging Alhamdulillah Honestly, Allah has been so good to me and entire nation that we are saved. New Delhi - It was about 4:25 pm on 16.04.2013 when I was sitting in my office along with another gentleman. Both of us felt the tremor and rushed out. The experience was particularly interesting as instead of fear per say, we felt exhilaration to have observed this mild shaking in full consciousness during day time. Juabail - On 16th April 2013, I experienced earthquake at around 1:50 PM. It went on for about 20 seconds with fairly notable shakes twice for approx 4 seconds each, gap of 10 seconds in between. It was moderate shaking which was more than the previous earthquake earlier this month. UAE - I was in my Geography lesson when the April 2013 - I think it was the 16th? I'm not too sure - earthquake struck. It was about 10/15 minutes till the end of the school day when the shaking was felt. Then the fire alarms went off and we were sent home about 3 minutes early without our belongings as it was too risky to go back into the building at the time. School was open the following day though...
GEOFON	Southwestern Pakistan	Apr 16 10:44 AM	7.7	73	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Iran-pakistan Border Region	Apr 16 10:44 AM	7.8	82	MAP I Felt It
Ras Al khaimah - It was my first experience. I felt very strong shaking in my 6 floor building. It was very scary. Still am vibrating just by remembering that!

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Update Febr. 17 – 09:18 UTC : A 63 year old woman in Isola Liri has died from a heart attack due to this earthquake. ER sends his condolences to her family. Er sees hearth attacks as secondary deaths as the damage of the earthquake cannot be held responsible as the cause.

Villages and towns within 10 km from the epicenter : ARPINO (FR), BROCCOSTELLA (FR), CASTELLIRI (FR), ISOLA DEL LIRI (FR), MONTE SAN GIOVANNI CAMPANO (FR), PESCOSOLIDO (FR), SORA (FR) and BALSORANO (AQ)
Villages and towns within 10 and 20 km from the epicenter :  ALVITO (FR), ARCE (FR), BOVILLE ERNICA (FR), CAMPOLI , PPENNINO (FR), CASALATTICO (FR), CASALVIERI (FR), CEPRANO (FR), COLFELICE (FR), FONTANA LIRI (FR), FONTECHIARI (FR), POSTA FIBRENO (FR), RIPI (FR), ROCCA D’ARCE (FR), ROCCASECCA (FR), SANTOPADRE (FR), STRANGOLAGALLI (FR), TORRICE (FR), VEROLI (FR), VICALVI (FR), COLLELONGO (AQ), MORINO (AQ), SAN VINCENZO VALLE ROVETO (AQ) and
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Italian tectonics are very complex and are mainly complicated subduction processes (subduction is also responsible for the Italian volcanoes). A very good scientific but easy to understand article can be found here.

Shaking map courtesy INGV

Update 23:40 UTC : Luckily NO reports of serious damage, but the people in the greater epicenter area are really frightened. Some villages and towns have setup temporary shelters to allow people who are too frightened to sleep there. Others prefer to sleep in their cars.

Update 22:13 UTC : There have not been any reports of major damage as yet and only panic and minor non-structural damage has been seen as yet.

Update 22:00 UTC : This earthquake also caused similar concern from residents of Rome to that of 2009, with calls to emergency services despite no damage.

Update 21:58 UTC : The earthquake was even felt in l’Aquila. Our second map (at the bottom) shows that there were NO other earthquakes in this area since the beginning of 2012.
This earthquake is around the same place as the 1980 Irpinia earthquake causing major damage. This earthquake will normally  only cause minor damage if any presumably.
In 1922 a M5.6 earthquake struck the Sora area and caused some damage too.

INGV showing the risky areas of Italy. This earthquake has an epicenter in the highest risk area of the country.

Update 21:51 UTC : A  good sign is an experience report from a reader who said that the motion he felt was mostly vertical and not horizontal. Horizontal accelerations are the most damaging. A second good sign is that other readers tell us that the shaking lasted only a couple of seconds, long lasting shaking increases the chance on damage.

Update 21:48 UTC : A lot of people ran on the streets as they were frightened not only from the earthquake but also from the aftershocks

Update 21:40 UTC : The website from INGV Italy, the National Seismological agency is hard to enter because of the many people looking at them.
Region : Lazio (population 5,196,447) . The nearest places are Latina, Sora, Isola del Liri, Broccostella, Carnello, Cisterna, Vallefredda, and San Domenico. The maximum altitude nearby is 2689m .

Update 21:35 UTC : Our biggest concern are the old buildings in Sora. From Emilia Romagna, we know that these are very vulnerable for even moderate shaking. This earthquake can however NOT be compared with that earthquake as the intensity is a lot less.

Update 21:35 UTC : GDACS reports that at least 100,000 people are living within a radius of 10 km from the epicenter

Update 21:33 UTC : INGV Italia is reporting a Magnitude of 4.8 at a depth of 10.7 km

Update 21:32 UTC : Based on the current data, ER does not expect any serious damage from this earthquake

Update 21:31 UTC : the earthquake will certainly have been felt in Rome, as Rome is only at a distance of 90 km from the epicenter

Update 21:29 UTC : EMSC reports a Magnitude of 4.8 at a depth of 12 km.
Sora, very near the epicenter is a city with a population of 26,600 people

The preliminary Magnitude as reported by Geofon was M4.6

90 km E Rome (pop 2,563,241 ; local time 22:16:10.0 2013-02-16)
64 km NE Latina (pop 113,332 ; local time 22:16:10.0 2013-02-16)
2 km W Sora (pop 26,525 ; local time 22:16:10.0 2013-02-16)

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SRC	Location	UTC Date/time	M	D	INFORMATION
EMSC	Southern Italy	Feb 16 22:24 PM	2.3	16	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Southern Italy	Feb 16 21:16 PM	4.9	28	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Southern Italy	Feb 16 21:16 PM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
Roma - Walls lightly shook, I'm living on the top of a 5-storey building in the east of Rome. Rome - time is approximate. just enough to shake the chair i was sitting in. Genazzano, Lazio - Movement was more vertical bouncing than horizontal shaking. Frascati - Weak shaking, felt also in Frascati. Nothing alarming Rome - In Trastevere, felt light shaking Norcia - Bed was shaking for a few seconds in the hotel. Two times. Bugnara - Building lightly shook for a few seconds Pescaserolli - We are us military here and knew just what to di. Do to being taught in school. But the Italian hotel guest had no idea what to do!! But none the less everyone was very scared (via emsc) l'Aquila - Se were seating an the sofa and the window made a strange noiae.. so my mother called me from avezzano 40 km from hear to tall how they felt it more than hear! (via emsc) Roma - seventh floor of a building in Roma Colli Albani. we felt it shaking. plants, lamps and hanging object swinged for a few seconds settecamini - I lampadari di casa si sono mossi ed anche il letto si è mosso per qualche secondo. Rome, Italy - I was laying in my bed, and it felt like someone or something made my bed move. I noticed it, but it lasted what felt like not even a second. It was not very hard or violent, but it was slightly noticeable. I didn't even think it could have been an earthquake until a few of my friends (who also live in Rome) starting talking about an earthquake in Italy not very long after. I had my headphones in, but I do not think any of my other furniture or belongings shook/moved. in casa - tremava tutto, infissi, pavimento, lampadari.......la casa, che si trova nel centro storico, ha delle lesioni..... Eur, Rome - I was on the couch and felt it move, heard a funny noise, looked up and saw the light swinging. I shouted for my son, in his bedroom maybe 15m away he felt nothing. Rome - Felt bed shake a bit and windows rattled San Severino - It woke me up, although wasn't in a deep sleep. Felt weak shaking and the closed bedroom door was rattled. My partner was in the frontroom watching tv but didn't feel or hear anything. Ceccano (FR) - I was inside my house with my family while suddenly I felt a strange rumble that looked like a train that was passing below my home. Few seconds of shaking who caused the windows rattling and suddenly the floor started jolting stronger. So, we ran out of the house while my dog was barking like a crazy. When I was outdoor I noticed that the water in recipients was shaking a lot. A lot of fear but not damages. All neighbours felt it and ran outdoors. The earthquake go on for about 7-8 seconds an Arpino - We were in an old building in centre of Arpino. Light shaking that became very strong. Felt like a freight train was passing through. Quite terrifying. Today there are huge cracks in every room of my home. Alfresco paintings badly damaged. PICINISCO, FROS, - for 3 , 4 seconds it felt like a giant bomb exploding the historic houses shake in the village. The following day domenica (Sunday), everybody gathered in the piazza to tell of their experiences Rome - In eerste instantie leek het of er zwaar verkeer langs het hotel kwam rijden, maar dat kon niet, want het hotel zat in een wandelgebied. Het voelde alsof ik in een rijdende tram zat, alles trilde en hobbelde een beetje gedurende een aantal seconden. Dit is nog een keer gebeurd een paar minuten later.
EMSC	Southern Italy	Feb 16 21:16 PM	4.9	11	MAP I Felt It

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Update 15:07 UTC:
The Russian department of emergencies has said that NO damage and/or injuries were reported. The towns in the greater area (some very far away) have either not felt it or have no damage. Earthquake-report.com will continue to monitor the situation and will report if necessary.

Update 15:07 UTC: Let’s hope that the Russians are as good as the Chinese in making their assessment of the epicenter area. The chance that we will not find any reports from this area is rather high.

Update 14:45 UTC: More precise population data comes from GDACS. This confirms that with the new data (M6.6) , only very few people will have felt a very strong to strong shaking. Radius 20 to 75 km  : less than 1000 people. Within a 20 km radius : NO people

Great image courtesy Yuri Klaver from a river bed near today’s epicenter. The bended geological layers are telling the history of this area.

Update 14:28 UTC: USGS has decreased the Magnitude to M6.6, a lot weaker than the initially reported M6.9

Update 14:16 UTC: So far, we have no information of any village or settlement in the surrounding area of the epicenter. That’s good. No village means no damage and no fatalities. But of course it is too early to be sure about it.
Chinese authorities are specifying this earthquake with M 7,3. But in this case we trust USGS data the most as the same magnitude is given by Geofon and EMSC.

No, this is not a painting which hangs in MOMA, but the river Indigirka crisscrossing the landscape in the greater epicenter area

Update 14:00 UTC: The closest larger town to the epicenter is Markha (11,000 inhabitants). It is located at 862 km southwest of the epicenter. The earthquake was probably not felt there. This shows how little people living in this area, what is a good sign.

Update 13:53 UTC: Based on theoretical models, 2.000 people will have felt a moderate shaking.

An M6.9 earthquake hit the northeastern part of Siberia today. USGS reports a depth of 10 km. Due to the shallow depth, USGS expects a very strong shaking (MMI VIII) close to the epicenter area. Luckily this area is unpopulated. Nevertheless, this earthquake should be extremely dangerous if people would live within an area of 50 km from the epicenter.
There are no towns  or villages with more than 1.000 inhabitants in the area of strong to very strong shaking, as USGS says.

134km (83mi) WSW of Druzhina, Serbia
860km (534mi) NE of Markha, Russia
866km (538mi) NE of Yakutsk, Russia
979km (608mi) NNW of Magadan, Russia
2973km (1847mi) NNE of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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SRC	Location	UTC Date/time	M	D	INFORMATION
EMSC	Northeastern Sakha, Russia	Feb 14 20:26 PM	4.7	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Eastern Siberia, Russia	Feb 14 20:26 PM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Northeastern Sakha, Russia	Feb 14 20:26 PM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Eastern Siberia, Russia	Feb 14 17:17 PM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Northeastern Sakha, Russia	Feb 14 17:17 PM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Northeastern Sakha, Russia	Feb 14 17:17 PM	4.6	15	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Northeastern Sakha, Russia	Feb 14 16:10 PM	4.4	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Northeastern Sakha, Russia	Feb 14 15:15 PM	4.9	20	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Eastern Siberia, Russia	Feb 14 15:14 PM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Northeastern Sakha, Russia	Feb 14 15:14 PM	4.9	16	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Eastern Siberia, Russia	Feb 14 15:08 PM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Northeastern Sakha, Russia	Feb 14 15:08 PM	5.1	30	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Northeastern Sakha, Russia	Feb 14 15:08 PM	4.9	16	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Northeastern Sakha, Russia	Feb 14 13:52 PM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Northeastern Sakha, Russia	Feb 14 13:47 PM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Northeastern Sakha, Russia	Feb 14 13:44 PM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Northeastern Sakha, Russia	Feb 14 13:44 PM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Northeastern Sakha, Russia	Feb 14 13:28 PM	5.1	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Eastern Siberia, Russia	Feb 14 13:28 PM	5.1	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
PTWC	Eastern Siberia Russia	Feb 14 13:23 PM	6.9	21	MAP I Felt It
WCATWC	Eastern Siberia Russia	Feb 14 13:14 PM	6.9	19	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Northeastern Sakha, Russia	Feb 14 13:13 PM	6.9	21	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Eastern Siberia, Russia	Feb 14 13:13 PM	6.6	14	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Northeastern Sakha, Russia	Feb 14 13:13 PM	6.6	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Northeastern Sakha, Russia	Feb 14 13:13 PM	6.6	10	MAP I Felt It

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Overview of the damage, injuries and fatalities

Image courtesy and copyright World Vision

Fatalities:
10 confirmed, 6 missing => 16 fatalities (14 on Ndeni, 2 on Nibanga)
(unconfirmed 17th fatality caused by severe aftershock)

Injuries:
17 injured, all from Ndeni, 11 alone from village Velo

Destroyed houses:
Exact number unknown, at least several hundreds. Most on Ndeni, also a couple on Nibanga and Fenualoa
Also 2 destroyed houses by aftershock

Damage:
724 confirmed damaged homes: 687 on Ndeni (116 in Nea Village), 35 in Nibanga and 2 in Maskelyne Island (Vanuatu). Unknown number in Fenualoa

Tsunami:
20 countries have been hit by tsunami waves of different sizes:
Australia (Wave amplitude: max. 24 cm in Rosslyn Bay), Chile (23 cm in Callao), Costa Rica (4 cm in Quepos),  Ecuador (23 cm in Santa Cruz), Fiji (6 cm in Lautoka), France (Frensh Polynesia: 16 cm in Hiva ; New Caledonia: 77 cm in Hienghene), Japan (38 cm in Miyazaki), Kiribati (12 cm in Betio), Marshall Islands (12 cm in Kwarjalein), Mexico (6 cm in Cabo san Lucas), Microesia (2 cm in Yap Island), New Zealand (18 cm in Korotiti Bay), Papua-Newguinea (17 cm on station D55012 BPR), Philippines (4 cm in Legapsi), Russia (10 cm in Severo), Samoa (7 cm in Apia), Solomon Islands (3 Meter in Nela), Tonga (4cm in Nuku’alofa), USA (Alaska: 14 cm in Chignik ; California: 20 cm in Crescent City ; Hawaii: 19 cm in Haleiwa ; Washington: 7 cm in Neah Bay ; American Samoa: 12 cm in Pago Pago ; Marianas: 2 cm in Saipan ; Wake Island: 5 cm) and Vanuatu (33 cm in Port Vila)

Additional Information:
Many thousands (approx. 4000) homeless. Hundreds of rescue people on the Island. 2 ships with food, water, medicine, etc arrive per day. Financial support by many countries, e.g. Australia and NZ. Solomon Islands government is planning the rebuild of all 22(?) destroyed villages.

Important update February 11 00:00 UTC :
- Two boats carrying supplies have landed however communications from the island are still scarce.
- About 590 houses had been destroyed in the Lata region.
- Some were destroyed during the earthquake, and some during the 1.1m tsunami which followed – destroying 20 villages.
- Official death toll has reduced to 10. This is good news.
- Australia has already pledged $250,000 AUD (around 265,000 USD) to the local Red Cross in the Solomons, and has promised more aid. They are going to fund 3 doctors and 3 nurses to fly to Lata.

Update February 10 00:00 UTC : A further 12 houses were destroyed in the M6.8 earthquake that was felt yesterday on Friday. The picture continues to become bleaker with most of the island of Nendo where Lata is situated being affected.
The death toll remains at 13, with over 5000 homeless. The picture will hopefully become clearer with the first rescue and relief ship information that should become available in the coming hours.

Update February 9 12:00 UTC : Amidst continuous, luckily somewhat weaker aftershocks, rescue workers arrived on Ndende island on Saturday. The Red Cross says that food, drinking water and tents are urgently needed to support the thousands of people who became homeless after the tsunami. The very strong aftershocks on Friday made even more damage and some houses who did withstand the M8.0 quake collapsed on Friday.
As cargo planes cannot land on the Lata airstrip, everything has to be carried by boats who take about a day to reach Ndende island.  A first rescue and relief ship could finally land on Saturday morning.
A larger ship is expected to arrive with relief goods on Sunday morning local time.
The government of the Solomon Islands is calling on the international scientific community to help them manage the current swarm as the aftershocks are still going on. Steam and water is coming out of cracks on the island.
NGO World Vision, active since long on the Ndende island and in the hard hit Temotu province is getting very upset about the sanitary situation on the island. World Vision is also sending supplies to Ndende by fast patrol boats.

Update 22:29 UTC : Are the aftershocks / earthquakes finally weakening ? For the last several hours the time in between M4.5+ quakes is considerably more than earlier today. Let’s hope this will continue for many days enabling rescue and relief agencies to help the homeless and injured.
- The image below shows the focal mechanisms of the many earthquakes. Some are mainly subduction earthquakes, other are transform quakes. The different signs in the indicate the very complex nature of this part of the world.

Image courtesy @CPPGeophysics

Update 17:23 UTC : After all this misery, we might have a little good news. No more M+4.5 aftershocks for more than an hour.

Update 16:30 UTC : Some more details from the World Vision people living at Lata describing the living conditions over there :

- There is currently no power or running water in Lata.
- Coastal wells have been covered by debris or contaminated, water tanks and toilets have been destroyed and the coastal areas are littered with dead fish and poultry.
- In their assessment of two coastal communities in the north-east of Lata, World Vision reported that homes had shifted 5–10 metres and 90 percent had been damaged. Schools and churches have been destroyed or badly damaged.
- In the area of Nela, a small village of 200 people, 95 percent of homes have been washed away.
- For many families, their livelihoods also disappeared in the water, as gardens and fruit trees near the coast were destroyed while the sea is still not safe to allow fishing activities. Health services have also been disrupted by the tidal surge and patients have had to move to higher ground.
- “Access to clean water and sanitation will be critical in the coming days,” said Jeremiah Tabua, Emergency Response Coordinator for World Vision in the Solomon Islands. “The tsunami destroyed clean water sources, ruined food gardens and demolished houses. There are also some fears of another tsunami due to the ongoing aftershocks of the earthquakes.”
- “Debris and water on the runway left behind by the tsunami at the airport in Lata have prevented aid from reaching the people most in need.
- We hope to reach some of the most remote communities by boat,” said Andrew Catford, World Vision’s Country Programme Director in the Solomon Islands. “The supplies we’re bringing include tarpaulins, blankets, water containers, hygiene supplies, baby kits, emergency kits, kitchens sets and mosquito nets.”  This will be used to provide immediate relief to up to 3,500 people affected. World Vision will also be providing boats and fuel to government assessment teams as they try to access the remote outer islands where the full impact of the tsunami and earthquake remains unclear.
- “Food distribution is being handled by the National Disaster Management Office who is organizing a shipment of two containers of rice today to assist affected communities. World Vision and partners are also concentrating on water and shelter needs and completing a more thorough assessment of the area, to ensure the full scope of the damage is made clear” said Catford. “It’s a process that could take some time given the number of remote communities in low-lying atolls.”

Update 16:00 UTC : We have just tweeted : Horrifying earthquakes / aftershocks are hitting the Santa Cruz islands (Solomon Islands) – These words are NOT exaggerated. These massive aftershocks are like being in the middle of a war zone. Additionally the epicenters are getting nearer to the Ndende island.
We fear that, due to the type of earthquakes currently raging in the area, the airstrip may have been seriously damaged. Cracks are a possibility.
Reaching the island by boat is not only a big distance which takes a lot of time, but captains do fear these mega-quakes a lot. Their boats, even big boats can land in the top of the palm trees if a big tsunami would strike.
We cannot underestimate the human impact of all this !
- The Australia Armed Forces have send an Hercules airplane to the Solomon islands to help them with the relief and rescue efforts.
- It is currently night in the Solomon Islands.

A NEW M7.0 (preliminary value) hit 13 minutes ago ! And again just south of Ndende, which means that the full shaking energy strikes the island.

Update 15:19 UTC : The situation at Ndende (the tsunami island) gets more and more apocalyptic. A plane carrying the PM and the Press has refused to land on the Lata airport. The debris on the airstrip was cleared, but the pilots REFUSED to land because of the many very strong aftershocks. They said that they were not sure about the condition of the runway. The plane came from Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands who is located approx. 600 km to the North West of Ndende.
How do you think these people seeing the plane going away from the island would have felt ? This is pure horror (we also understand the pilots decision).

A little more about the tectonics in the area :
Large earthquakes are common along the North New Hebrides trench and have mechanisms associated with subduction tectonics (the first M8.0 earthquake), though occasional strike slip earthquakes (today’s M6.8 earthquake) occur near the subduction of the D’Entrecasteaux ridge. Within the subduction zone 34 M7.5+ earthquakes have been recorded since 1900.

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Update 12:13 UTC : The (relatively) nearby Tinakula volcano got stressed too after all these shakes. People at the island are reporting that they have heard loud rumblings from that direction. They have however other concerns that looking at the beauty of an erupting volcano. To many of of our readers will this page as an abstract story, but we guarantee you that what has happened since last week is enough to make a disaster movie only by replaying the real facts.

Tinakula volcano – Photo by Donn Tolia, 2002 (Geological Survey of the Solomon Islands, courtesy and copyright of CSIRO)

Very important update 12:53 UTC :
Radio New Zealand, one of the best informed sources on the Solomon Islands, report a few moments ago :
- More than 3000 people are without shelter in the quake and tsunami-hit Santa Cruz island group in Solomon Islands, as significant aftershocks continue.
- The death toll has risen to 10 with the discovery of a child’s body in a ditch near Lata airport, with at least five more people missing.
- The Solomons government has declared a state of disaster with officials saying damage on the main island, Ndende, is much worse than first thought, with up to 20 villages swamped in a tsunami generated by the quake.
- The premier of Temotu province, Charles Brown Beu, says the number of homeless is expected to grow as rescuers reach more remote areas.
- Father Brown Beu says people fled again to higher ground after a 6.7 tremor on Friday morning, the largest following Wednesday’s 8.0-magnitude earthquake. (This was said BEFORE the latest dramatic aftershock closer to the island).
- He says people need food and water, and most urgently, waterproof shelters.
This “most detailed” article so far is much longer. Please click here to read it in full.
After reading this report, you can imagine why we are calling for the evacuation of the island AND for immediate INTERNATIONAL RESCUE and RELIEF aid.

Update 12:42 UTC : USGS has now decreased the Magnitude data from M7.1 to M6.8. This is a good sign but does not change the danger a lot. This does NOT change our advise to evacuate the island.

Update 12:06 UTC : Earthquake-Report.com calls upon the INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY to act immediately in coordination with the Solomon Islands government. We are sure that the local government cannot handle this crisis any more. Of course you can send the people into the hills and tell them to stay there for a few days or weeks, but this is not a normal human relief effort.

Update 12:03 UTC : Based on the preliminary technical details, this earthquake is from another type than the tsunami one. As far as these preliminary data are right we regard them as good news to NOT generate a tsunami but very bad news as far as shaking values. The epicenter was very near the southern coast of the island. The whole area became unstable now and other fault types earthquakes are being triggered.

Update 11:47 UTC : As we told earlier in this article, the Population of Nemdo is in GREAT DANGER. They should be evacuated to another island as fast as possible. This earthquake swarm is not over yet and generates massive aftershocks/earthquakes. ER is very concerned about this. It is NOT SURE at all that no local tsunami has been generated.
This is a very isolated area in the world and it will take a lot of time before we get to know what exactly happened on the island. The power of this earthquake can level all standing houses on the island. These houses have a high resistance against earthquakes because they are mostly from wood and bamboo. However, if a Tsunami strikes, they have NO resistance at all.

Update 11:41 UTC : The shaking values provided by USGS are extremely grim. This earthquake has an epicenter at ONLY 24 km from Lata ! Expected shaking values are MMI VIII = SEVERE shaking

No widespread Pacific Ocean tsunami does not mean at all that there is no local risk. PWTC always states : HOWEVER – EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL  TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN
A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES  IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS  POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. This says enough !
Additionally, ER wants to stress that these massive earthquakes generate in exceptional cases landslide tsunamis. The deep trench west of the island is an additional treat in this area.

Update 11:26 UTC : New massive aftershock near Santa Cruz Island (Nemdo)
Preliminary value : M7.1 (Source : Pacific Tsunami Center)
NO tsunami warnings or advisories are in effect for this earthquake.

Update February 8 – 00:22 UTC : The aftershocks are becoming a little weaker or should we say less strong. We truly hope that rescuers and relief workers are able to help the Santa Cruz islanders today. Let’s hope that the airport will be ready to receive many flights today.

Important update
Very strong aftershock in the Santa Cruz Islands
A very strong aftershock with a preliminary value of M6.8 struck the M8 earthquake zone. Not strong enough for a tsunami and people are now very well prepared for these very strong aftershocks.
Update 09:13 UTC : NOAA just released a report that there will be NO tsunami warning or Watch in the Pacific.
31km (19mi) S of Lata, Solomon Islands
522km (324mi) NNW of Luganville, Vanuatu
663km (412mi) ESE of Honiara, Solomon Islands
793km (493mi) NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
1108km (688mi) N of We, New Caledonia
Update 19:17 UTC : The Magnitude has been updated to M6.6, but the distance to Santa Cruz Island is rather limited. ER does not expect additional damage from this earthquake. The map below is showing in real-time which new earthquakes have occurred.
Update 19:26 UTC : The epicenter of this very strong aftershock is to the south of Nemdo, the island where the fevastating Tsunami struck. Expected shaking intensity is VII : very strong for the western part of the island.
Update 19:33 UTC : The bottom map who also includes the historic earthquakes since the beginning of 2012 looks grimmer and grimmer. Very strong earthquakes occurred at all sides of Nemdo island now. It almost looks like the island has been encircled. ER : Why not moving the population OR to higher ground OR to one of the safer islands ? The area is really unstable and we would not be surprised that even massive earthquakes would occur. If the current earthquakes are striking closer and closer to the island, there will be only a couple of minutes to get to higher ground when another massive aftershock would strike.

Update 17:34 UTC : The New Zealand Government has made $200,000 available for humanitarian supplies and support to the Solomon Islands government assessment teams. Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully says due to the remoteness of the area it might take some time for the Solomon Islands government and relief agencies to gain a full picture of the damage. He says the New Zealand Government will consider additional assistance in due course.

Update 09:22 UTC : Strong to very strong aftershocks keep striking the greater epicenter area. This will probably go on for many more days and even weeks. As this area is the location of the fastest moving  tectonic plates in the world (9cm/year), the chance on a major  M7+ aftershock cannot be excluded.

Summary February 7, 06:45 UTC:
- 9 people have now been confirmed killed, and many more may be missing in addition. Population estimates are very difficult on these smaller islands and thus more work is required to establish knowledge of the missing people.
- The death toll is expected to rise as many others are missing, and emergency supplies cannot yet be flown into the devastated areas.
- Honiara is around 1.5 days boat ride from Lata. Red Cross is currently working out shelter and water.
- Quite a few animals, pigs and fish and chickens have also been killed.
- Around 4500 people are in need of assistance.
- 13 villages around Lata have been severely affected, and roads to the villages around Lata are covered in debris.
- Two coastal communities in the north-east of Lata, and found homes had shifted 5 to 10 metres and 90% had been damaged. (World Vision)
- Schools and churches had also been badly damaged or destroyed. 4 schools have been confirmed damaged by the PEZA (Philippines Economic Zone Authority)
- It has also been concerned that the water supply to Lata has become contaminated.
- 700 homes have been damaged in addition to 100 collapsed homes.
- Lata Airport is set to reopen tomorrow.

Update 19:22 UTC : Below the seismogram of the M8 earthquake . The red line shows the time of earthquake (seismometer was not located in the Solomon Islands).

Important update 18:08 UTC :  Police in the Solomon Islands report that at least six people have been killed, 3 are missing and approx.  100 homes have been destroyed at a little above sea level areas along the coast.
Due to the relatively close distance to the epicenter (in the epicenter area the waves are moving at high speed) the water swell/current arrived already after approx. 5 minutes. Nearly 800 houses were inundated including the low lying airstrip at Lata.

Update 16:22 UTC : Something from the heart : This page is probably the most updated in the world about this earthquake, but Google or Google News are not picking up our updates. Most articles found in “Google News” are less precise, less documented, etc . A pity, that Google, so advanced in technology is not making a difference for constantly updated articles + we really do not want to break this article into 6 pieces.

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Update 16:15 UTC : While we are waiting for more news from the Solomon Islands (current time at the Solomon Islands UTC + 11 or 03:15 AM),  a wave propagation map as been build by the WCATWC shortly after the earthquake. GDACS and WCATWC are building their own maps, always interesting to compare. We hope to publish later the real tsunami levels at the different coastal tsunami stations in the Pacific

Update 14:09 UTC : An AP video report which does not say a lot but we give it to you as it reaches us.

Update 12:48 UTC : The following paragraphs are from a World Vision report, a religious NGO very active in Asia and the Pacific. The report was made up before the latest casualty numbers were published. This is the most detailed report of what happened since the earthquake struck ! We know World Vision very well from their relief efforts in other areas of the world and whatever the reason may be, we like their efforts to stay aside the victims of disasters.

At least 100 homes in Lata have been completely destroyed by a one meter sea surge following today’s 8.0 earthquake, according to Christian humanitarian organization World Vision. Water and electricity remain down as well. Government officials have confirmed four (in the meantime 6) deaths in the islands, and there are unconfirmed reports that some people and fishing boats may have been swept out to sea by the surge. Lata is a township in the Solomon Islands’ Temoto Province that was hardest-hit by Wednesday’s quake.
The majority of Lata’s population (approximately 4,000 people) – including 20 World Vision staff members – have relocated to central Lata, 150 metres above sea level (ER : these quakes are striking since the end of last week and people do not trust it anymore – They may hold their relocation location for many days or even weeks depending on seismicity).
It appears that most families living in Lata were able to relocate before the sea surge. The tsunami warning for the region has now been lifted but significant tremors are still being felt throughout Temotu Province. World Vision staff in Honiara were on the phone with their colleagues when the earthquake struck at approximately 12:15 p.m. Wednesday. All staff have been identified and are safe.
Early reports throughout the province indicate water is still knee-deep in some areas.
Lata’s local airport and four surrounding villages (total population: 800) were also flooded by the surge. Some property damage to low-lying homes is also likely.
“I am currently walking through one community [in Lata], and I’m knee-deep in water,” said Jeremiah Tabua, World Vision’s emergency response coordinator in the Solomon Islands. “I can see a number of houses that have been swept away by the surge.”
World Vision is coordinating with the Provincial Disaster Management Office, the local Red Cross, and the Temotu Provincial Authority to complete a rapid assessment of the hardest-hit regions. The initial emergency response will likely include providing clean drinking water and clothing, setting up temporary sanitation facilities, and establishing temporary shelters for families who escaped their homes.

Update 12:41 UTC : Robert Speta reports from Japan : 40cm high Tsunami recorded in the Osagawara islands (Japan), a few other locations also seen 20cm high here in Japan.

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Update 11:18 UTC : No new data from the rescue and relief actions at Santa Cruz island. It is currently night in the Solomon Islands which will certainly make this work a lot more difficult. A lot of what happened is not known in detail. Is the Lata airstrip (the only one at Nendo) still in use. Early reports have mentioned that the tsunami hit also the airport and that the airstrip was inondated.
- If you want to have a glimpse of the last 175 earthquakes at the Solomon Islands, please click here

Update 10:31 UTC : 42 aftershocks of more than Magnitude 5 since the mainshock. These kind of strong continuous aftershocks are rather exceptional.

Update 10:29 UTC : A lot of people are surprised that a Tsunami of “only” 1 to 1.5 meter can generate this kind of destruction. Many people are having a wrong idea of Tsunamis merely because of the drawings who can be found on the internet. They think that tsunamis have to be huge waves arriving on the coast. In most cases tsunamis are sea swelling with extremely strong currents. The swelling can go on and off for a couple of times, exactly what happened based on testimonies reported in Lata. 2 swells of 1.5 meter can be very destructive on a flat coastal strip.

Update 09:29 UTC : SIBC (Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation) reports that up to six people have reportedly died as a result of the tsunami that struck near Temotu Province early this afternoon.
- A very interesting map below. The Intensity calculation graph of USGS.

Update 06:00 UTC : Unfortunately the Lata Hospital is expecting further casualties of this tsunami. They have confirmed that around 700 people live in the 3 villages destroyed but many people would have escaped. If we take the Koshimura (2006) percentages seen in Banda Aceh from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. For a 2m tsunami, the death ratio was around 0.08-0.1 thus around 60-70 deaths would be expected. For a 0.9-1.1m tsunami as reported, the death ratio was around 0.01-0.025 which would mean around 7-18 deaths are to be expected using this function.

Update 05:26 UTC : At least 5 people have been killed in the tsunami. This earthquake is now CATDAT Red. Running on the trend of the tsunami in Japan – 4 of these were elderly victims (2 women, 2 men) and one was a 10-12 year old male.

Update 05:15-05:30 UTC : Nendo is home to around 5000 people and from what can be gathered the destroyed villages are to the west and south of the village of Lata which would mean that around 500 people are likely affected. It is likely that they would have left to higher ground given the intensity of the earthquake, however there is still no word as to their fate. No casualties have as yet been reported.
There have been reports of missing people however which have now been registered.
New Zealand has a tsunami watch but no tsunami warning as such from this event – they should stay off beaches and be out of the water.

Update 04:35 UTC : Solomon authorities were telling the BBC that  : The wave went 500m inland damaging 3 villages. Houses have collapsed. The messages are dripping in very slowly as all the local authorities have been running for their live uphill.
ER : 500 meter inland, if true, is a huge tsunami, even at “only” 1 meter. Let us hope that most people made it uphill in time. Some older people way have had a hard time in reaching a safe higher location.

Update 04:18 UTC : Local officials in the Solomons said that 2 1.5-meter (4 foot, 11-inch) waves hit the epicenter side of Santa Cruz Island, damaging around 50 homes and properties.

Very important Update 04:05 UTC : A very welcomed Tsunami Bulletin nr. 8
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 008
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0347Z 06 FEB 2013

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS…EXCEPT  ALASKA…BRITISH COLUMBIA… WASHINGTON…OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

… TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH CANCELLATION …

THE TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IS NOW CANCELLED FOR
SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU / NAURU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / TUVALU /  NEW CALEDONIA / KOSRAE / FIJI / KIRIBATI / WALLIS AND FUTUNA

THE TSUNAMI WATCH ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IS NOW CANCELLED FOR
 MARSHALL ISLANDS / HOWLAND AND BAKER / POHNPEI / TOKELAU /  SAMOA / KERMADEC ISLANDS / NEW ZEALAND / AMERICAN SAMOA /  TONGA / AUSTRALIA / NIUE / COOK ISLANDS / INDONESIA /  WAKE ISLAND / CHUUK / JARVIS ISLAND / GUAM / NORTHERN MARIANAS /  PALMYRA ISLAND / YAP / JOHNSTON ISLAND / MINAMITORISHIMA /  BELAU

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.  ONLY NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

Tectonic Summary
The February 6th, 2013 M 8.0 earthquake in the Santa Cruz Islands occurred as a result of shallow thrust faulting on or near the plate boundary interface between the Australia and Pacific plates. In the region of this earthquake, the Australia plate converges with and subducts beneath the Pacific plate, moving towards the east-northeast at a rate of approximately 94 mm/yr.
The February 6th earthquake is located approximately 700-750 km ESE of the Mw 8.1 Solomon Islands earthquake of April 1, 2007, and the Mw 7.1 Solomon Island earthquake of January 3, 2010.
It is over 900 km to NNW of the February 2, 2012 Mw 7.1 Vanuatu earthquake, and approximately 200-300 km north of a series of earthquakes in October, 2009 along the Vanuatu Trench that included two earthquakes larger than magnitude 7 (Mw 7.8, Mw 7.4).

This earthquake is located adjacent to a complex section of the Australia-Pacific plate boundary, where the Solomon Trench to the west is linked to the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) Trench to the south by a short segment of dominantly strike-slip plate motion. The February 6th earthquake is located at the northern end of the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) segment. To the north and west of this event, the plate boundary changes in character, is oriented more west-to-east, and connects the segment ruptured by this event with the continuation of the subduction zone along the Solomon Islands.
Over the month leading up to the February 6th earthquake, there have been dozens of earthquakes in the epicentral region – over 40 M4.5 or larger in the preceding 7 days alone, 7 of which were larger than M6. Faulting mechanisms for these earthquakes suggest a mixture of strike-slip, normal and thrust faulting events. Within an hour of the February 6th M8.0 mainshock, there were also two large aftershocks with magnitudes greater than M6.

New Updated video from Robert Speta from WesternPacificWeather.com  (see also below for his first video)

Update 04:05 UTC : AP is just sending the following news via Twitter : Tsunami damages dozens of homes in Solomons, wave warning canceled elsewhere in South Pacific. We will search for confirmation of this news.

Update 03:49 UTC : To the people of the Solomon Islands currently reading our pages : PLEASE write your Experience (how much shaking etc) in a few sentences in our form below. Thank you.

Important update 03:43 UTC : USGS has now recalculated the intensities and reports that :
- 9,000 people will have experienced a SEVERE MMI VIII shaking (this kind of shaking can be destructive)
-  10,000 people a very strong shaking and 5,000 a strong shaking.
- USGS has also revised the depth of the hypocenter from 5.8 km to 28.7 km.

Revised intensity map – bad news for Nendo

Update 03:42 UTC : Since the mainshock, the epicenter area was hit by 13 aftershocks > M5. The 2 strongest ones ware reported as M6.6 and M6.4

Update 03:38 UTC : Civil Defence New Zealand has issued a tsunami watch for New Zealand
The Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management (MCDEM) has issued a tsunami potential threat to New Zealand advisory for Auckland West, East Cape, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Milford Sound, Napier, Westport and Wellington .

Update 03:35 UTC : The director at Lata Hospital told there are no casualties arriving yet but they are expecting many.  He also told the airport is completely swamped with water and debris.

Update 03:33 UTC : Major traffic jams on Honiara (capital Solomon Islands) as people trying to move to higher ground.

Update 03:32 UTC :
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 006
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0316Z 06 FEB 2013

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS…EXCEPT  ALASKA…BRITISH COLUMBIA… WASHINGTON…OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

… A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT …

 NOTE CORRECTED WATCH AREAS

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR :
SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU / NAURU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / TUVALU /  NEW CALEDONIA / KOSRAE / FIJI / KIRIBATI / WALLIS AND FUTUNA

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR :
 MARSHALL ISLANDS / HOWLAND AND BAKER / POHNPEI / TOKELAU /  SAMOA / KERMADEC ISLANDS / NEW ZEALAND /  AMERICAN SAMOA /  TONGA / AUSTRALIA / NIUE / COOK ISLANDS / INDONESIA /  WAKE ISLAND / CHUUKJARVIS ISLAND / GUAM / NORTHERN MARIANAS /  PALMYRA ISLAND / YAP / JOHNSTON ISLAND / MINAMITORISHIMA / BELAU

FOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN… IT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.

Since the devastating Tsunami in 2004, people take no risk and move to higher ground, some even auto-evacuating. Honaria, the capital of the Solomon Islands, far outside the shaking area, people are currently moving to higher ground.

Update 03:24 UTC : The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has corrected its recent update. Australia is NOT in the warning area.
04:23 but is still on watch

During a Tsunami the first wave is not always the biggest one – stay on high ground until the authorities are calling the alert off

Update 03:12 UTC :The Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation cited a witness who said water was covering an airstrip in Lata

Update 03:11 UTC : The Solomon Islands Visitor Centre has spoken to ABC News 24, confirming the 90cm sea level rise in the Santa Cruz Islands.  In Lata, the provincial capital of the worst-hit area, there are no reports of damage so far.

Typical house in Nendo, the closest island to the epicenter – Image courtesy Mariwatmo

Update 03:05 UTC : A New bulletin from PWTC has just arrived. We bring it to you in a minute
- Evacuations are being ordered by many, many Pacific countries. Authorities are taking NO risk and are evacuating even islands and coastal areas which are not on the dangerous NOAA list !
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 004
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0252Z 06 FEB 2013

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS…EXCEPT  ALASKA…BRITISH COLUMBIA…WASHINGTON…OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

… A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT …

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR  SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU / NAURU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / TUVALU /  NEW CALEDONIA / KOSRAE / FIJI / KIRIBATI / WALLIS AND FUTUNA /  MARSHALL ISLANDS / HOWLAND AND BAKER / POHNPEI / TOKELAU /  SAMOA / KERMADEC ISLANDS / NEW ZEALAND / AMERICAN SAMOA /  TONGA / AUSTRALIA / NIUE / COOK ISLANDS / INDONESIA /  WAKE ISLAND

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR  MARSHALL ISLANDS / HOWLAND AND BAKER / POHNPEI / TOKELAU /  SAMOA / KERMADEC ISLANDS / NEW ZEALAND / AMERICAN SAMOA /  TONGA / AUSTRALIA / NIUE / COOK ISLANDS / INDONESIA /
 WAKE ISLAND / CHUUK / JARVIS ISLAND / GUAM / NORTHERN MARIANAS /  PALMYRA ISLAND / YAP / JOHNSTON ISLAND / MINAMITORISHIMA /  BELAU

FOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN… IT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.

Update 02:57 UTC : AustraliaNetworkNews / @an_news, a very well informed news agency reports vuia Twitter that : Emergency authorities on Santa Cruz island have confirmed the tsunami has destroyed three villages on the island @ABCNews24

Update 02:57 UTC : Map 2 below is showing 3 very big balloons. These are the same earthquake of course, but they show the locations of the epicenter as reported by Geofon, USGS and EMSC. Epicenter calculation is extremely difficult. Our map shows it very good.

Update 02:51 UTC : A very interesting graph is from the Sea Level gauge at the Lata Wharf, relatively close to the epicenter. The gauge confirms the after all limited height of the tsunami. We have to say however that the currents with a tsunami of 1 meter can also be very powerful and even damage a lot of things.

Update 02:48 UTC : Robert Speta, one of the people collaborating with Earthquake-Report.com and meteorologist at NHK Japan made the following video. Of course this video was made shortly after the earthquake.

Update 02:44 UTC : ONE News has spoken to Charles Ngali who is in Lata Hospital in the Solomon Islands. He says he felt a series of strong earthquakes. The hospital is on high ground but he has heard that a wave passed through the airport, which is on lower ground. Most of the patients at Lata Hospital have been taken to higher ground.

Update 02:41 UTC : Tsunami travel time map as compiled by NOAA

Update 02:38 UTC : And like the M8.0 was not yet enough, the M6+ aftershocks are raging further.

Update 02:36 UTC : AFP reports that : “The information we are getting is that some villages west and south of Lata along the coast have been destroyed, although we cannot confirm this yet,” the director at Lata Hospital on the main Santa Cruz island of Ndende, told AFP.

Important Update 02:32 UTC : A lot of islands have in the meantime changed from RED to ORANGE

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS…EXCEPT  ALASKA…BRITISH COLUMBIA… WASHINGTON…OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

… A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT …

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR  SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU / NAURU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / TUVALU /  NEW CALEDONIA / KOSRAE / FIJI / KIRIBATI / WALLIS AND FUTUNA

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR  MARSHALL ISLANDS / HOWLAND AND BAKER / POHNPEI / TOKELAU /  SAMOA / KERMADEC ISLANDS / NEW ZEALAND / AMERICAN SAMOA / TONGA / AUSTRALIA / NIUE / COOK ISLANDS / INDONESIA /  WAKE ISLAND / CHUUK / JARVIS ISLAND / GUAM / NORTHERN MARIANAS / PALMYRA ISLAND / YAP / JOHNSTON ISLAND / MINAMITORISHIMA /  BELAU

FOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN… IT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.

Update 02:26 UTC : FRANCE is issuing a tsunami warning for his NEW CALEDONIA province. Not a surprise as New Caledonia was already mentioned in the list below.
- BBC reports a measured tsunami height of 0.91 meter at the Santa Cruz Islands. Tsunamis are however very different in height depending on the sea floor. Almost no tsunami at one place and a meters high tsunami at other bays and beaches. Let’s hope we can soon get a confirmation from this after all limited height. It would be inline with GDACS calculations.
The message reported by AFP surprises us a lot as shaking destruction was not that evident at this distance from the epicenter.  AFP has changed the text a little bit illustrating that they are not so sure of their earlier report. “feared to have flattened villages in the Solomon Islands”

Update 02:18 UTC : Some hopeful news from our part. We do see some people from the Solomon Islands reading our pages which means at least that communications are still working at some islands.

Important news Update 02:15 UTC : AFP has had a contact with a hospital director at the Solomon Islands. He was talking about many villages destroyed. This news is however not confirmed by a second source

Update 02:12 UTC : GDACS has created a Tsunami poster which looks quiet impressive
Below the computed tsunami heigts at various Solomon Islands locations.
06 Feb 2013 00:14:00    Malemgeulu    Solomon Islands      1.1m
06 Feb 2013 00:14:00    Nemboe    Solomon Islands      1.1m
06 Feb 2013 00:14:00    Matamotu    Solomon Islands      1.1m
06 Feb 2013 00:14:00    Nudung    Solomon Islands      1.1m
06 Feb 2013 00:14:00    Trevanion    Solomon Islands      1.1m
06 Feb 2013 00:14:00    Bema    Solomon Islands      1.1m
06 Feb 2013 00:16:00    Malue    Solomon Islands      1.0m
06 Feb 2013 00:16:00    Menelu    Solomon Islands      1.0m
06 Feb 2013 00:16:00    Nevea    Solomon Islands      1.0m
06 Feb 2013 00:16:00    Taepe    Solomon Islands      1.0m
06 Feb 2013 00:16:00    Nuela    Solomon Islands      1.0m
06 Feb 2013 00:16:00    Foa    Solomon Islands      1.0m
06 Feb 2013 00:16:00    Noka    Solomon Islands      1.0m
06 Feb 2013 00:14:00    Nonea    Solomon Islands      1.0m

Update 02:04 UTC : We do request at the people living at the Solomon Islands or the Santa Cruz islands to let us know how the shaking was experienced. Almost no news is arriving from the epicenter area.
Lata, the city nearest to the epicenter (epicenter in the ocean) was expected to experience a very strong shaking.
Lata is the provincial capital of Temotu Province, Solomon Islands. As of 2007, it has 553 inhabitants. There are a few rest houses for overnight stays. There is a Post office, Telecom office and numerous stores. It contains a small air strip with flights to Makira and Honiara.

Update 02:04 UTC : Chris Rowan @Allochthonous just wrote – Focal mechanism is up: NE-SW compression, consistent with subduction thrust.

Update 02:01 UTC : This will be a typical subduction earthquake. The earthquake is triggered by the Australian Plate subducting the Pacific plate. Especially subduction earthquakes are very dangerous for tsunamis.

Update 02:01 UTC : HAWAII has NO warning or advisory so far.

Update 01:59 UTC : PWTC reports that a tsunami of 1 meter was measured at the Santa Cruz Islands. When this would be the max. height.

Update 01:51 UTC : New Tsunami bulletin 002 for the Pacific Ocean – Click here to read it entirely
… A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT …

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR  SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU / NAURU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / TUVALU /  NEW CALEDONIA / KOSRAE / FIJI / KIRIBATI / WALLIS AND FUTUNA /  MARSHALL ISLANDS / HOWLAND AND BAKER / POHNPEI / TOKELAU

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR  SAMOA / KERMADEC ISLANDS / NEW ZEALAND / AMERICAN SAMOA /  TONGA / AUSTRALIA / NIUE / COOK ISLANDS / INDONESIA /  WAKE ISLAND / CHUUK / JARVIS ISLAND / GUAM / NORTHERN  ARIANAS /  PALMYRA ISLAND / YAP / JOHNSTON ISLAND / MINAMITORISHIMA /  BELAU / MIDWAY ISLAND

FOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN… IT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.

Update 01:43 UTC : The closest Island to the epicenter is NENDO Island, one of the Santa Cruz Islands. Biggest town on that island is LATA. The shaking there must have been massive.

Update 01:43 UTC : Aftershocks reaching M6+ are striking the area. We are not so concerned about these aftershocks as even an M6.5 in this area is acceptable. We are MOST CONCERNED about the tsunami treat.

Update 01:38 UTC : EMSC (Europe) is reporting a Magnitude of 7.4 which is a very big difference with the first reported M8.0. Let us hope that EMSC is right.
- We are sure that the Tsunami sirens are howling on all the islands in RED and ORANGE.

Update 01:36 UTC : This is an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS condition for the many islands of the Solomon Islands
… A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT …

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR  SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU / NAURU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / TUVALU /  NEW CALEDONIA / KOSRAE / FIJI / KIRIBATI / WALLIS AND FUTUNA

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
 MARSHALL ISLANDS / HOWLAND AND BAKER / POHNPEI / TOKELAU /  SAMOA / KERMADEC ISLANDS / NEW ZEALAND / AMERICAN SAMOA /  TONGA / AUSTRALIA / NIUE / COOK ISLANDS / INDONESIA /  WAKE ISLAND / CHUUK / JARVIS ISLAND / GUAM / NORTHERN MARIANAS /  PALMYRA ISLAND / YAP / JOHNSTON ISLAND / MINAMITORISHIMA /  BELAU

FOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN… IT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.

MASSIVE earthquake in the same area than the other quakes a little earlier
Tsunami alert for some areas

 Very strong earthquake in the Solomon Islands area
A very strong earthquake with a preliminary value of M6 struck at +300 km from Kira Kira, Solomon Islands.
The area is very active since the end of last week when many M6 earthquakes occurred in the Santa Cruz Islands area (belongs also to the Solomon Islands and is in fact the greater same area).  Todays epicenter is located at a safe distance from the nearest islands.
Another M5.1 earthquake struck the same area earlier today. Of course no danger for a tsunami at these Magnitudes.
This earthquake will have been felt as a moderate shaking for a limited number of people on the nearest island and as a light shaking for the others on that same island. Do not be misled by the VIII shakemap from USGS as this shaking is only applicable for the ocean ! The fish will not feel it that way
Our second map below is showing the impressive swarm since it started at the end of last week

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SRC	Location	UTC Date/time	M	D	INFORMATION
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 23:30 PM	5.1	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 23:30 PM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 23:23 PM	4.8	20	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 23:23 PM	4.8	9	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 22:24 PM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 22:24 PM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 22:20 PM	5.5	9	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 18:44 PM	4.6	27	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 18:44 PM	4.6	27	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 18:17 PM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 18:17 PM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 18:03 PM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 18:03 PM	5.0	40	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 18:03 PM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 17:04 PM	4.9	20	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 17:04 PM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 17:04 PM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 16:39 PM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 16:39 PM	5.0	40	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 16:39 PM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 16:35 PM	5.2	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 16:35 PM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 15:54 PM	5.3	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 15:54 PM	5.1	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 15:54 PM	5.3	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 15:30 PM	5.0	5	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 15:30 PM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 15:30 PM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 14:24 PM	5.1	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 14:24 PM	5.1	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 14:20 PM	5.3	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 14:20 PM	5.1	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 14:20 PM	5.3	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 14:13 PM	4.5	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 14:13 PM	4.5	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 14:03 PM	5.0	20	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 14:03 PM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 14:03 PM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 13:37 PM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 13:37 PM	4.9	40	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 13:37 PM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 11:53 AM	6.0	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 11:24 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 11:24 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 11:24 AM	5.1	9	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 11:03 AM	5.8	31	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 11:03 AM	5.8	3	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 11:03 AM	5.6	9	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 10:33 AM	5.9	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 10:33 AM	5.9	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 10:33 AM	5.7	9	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 10:27 AM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 10:27 AM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 10:20 AM	5.8	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 10:20 AM	5.8	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 10:20 AM	5.5	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 10:12 AM	5.3	30	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 10:12 AM	5.2	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 10:12 AM	5.3	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 08:42 AM	4.7	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 08:42 AM	4.7	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 08:27 AM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 08:27 AM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 08:27 AM	4.7	9	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 07:57 AM	5.0	43	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 07:57 AM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 07:57 AM	4.9	9	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 07:42 AM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 07:42 AM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 07:35 AM	4.7	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 07:35 AM	4.7	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 07:23 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 07:23 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 07:23 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 07:13 AM	5.3	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 07:13 AM	5.3	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 07:13 AM	5.3	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 06:53 AM	5.7	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 06:53 AM	5.6	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 06:53 AM	5.6	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 06:35 AM	6.1	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 06:35 AM	6.0	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 06:35 AM	6.3	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 06:09 AM	5.2	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 06:09 AM	5.2	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 06:09 AM	5.2	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 06:02 AM	5.5	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 06:02 AM	5.2	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 06:02 AM	5.2	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 05:58 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 05:58 AM	5.0	15	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 05:58 AM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 05:48 AM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 05:48 AM	5.2	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 05:48 AM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 05:35 AM	5.0	15	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 05:35 AM	5.0	15	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 05:24 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 05:24 AM	5.1	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 05:24 AM	5.1	15	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 05:04 AM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 05:04 AM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 05:01 AM	5.2	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 05:01 AM	5.1	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 05:01 AM	5.2	9	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 04:56 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 04:56 AM	5.1	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 04:56 AM	5.0	16	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 04:34 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 04:34 AM	5.1	29	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 04:34 AM	5.1	35	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 04:20 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 04:20 AM	5.2	34	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 04:20 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 04:16 AM	5.0	28	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 04:16 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 04:16 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:49 AM	5.6	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:49 AM	6.0	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:49 AM	5.6	18	MAP I Felt It
PTWC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:47 AM	8.0	33	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:45 AM	5.3	33	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:45 AM	5.4	30	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:45 AM	5.7	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:38 AM	5.2	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:38 AM	5.2	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:38 AM	5.2	12	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:28 AM	5.2	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:28 AM	5.3	20	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:28 AM	5.3	22	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:25 AM	5.1	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:19 AM	5.3	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:19 AM	5.3	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:19 AM	5.3	14	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:11 AM	5.2	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:11 AM	5.2	36	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:06 AM	5.1	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:06 AM	5.1	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:01 AM	5.6	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 03:01 AM	5.6	20	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 02:58 AM	5.5	16	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 02:57 AM	5.1	38	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 02:57 AM	5.3	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 02:57 AM	5.1	27	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 02:44 AM	4.9	38	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 02:44 AM	4.9	50	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 02:30 AM	5.6	32	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 02:30 AM	5.6	22	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 06 02:30 AM	5.6	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 06 02:23 AM	5.4	10	MAP I Felt It