Earthquakes list February 21, 2012

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M 4.0      2012/02/21 09:58     Depth 5.0 km      SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
03:58:43 AM at epicenter – Epicenter location see below in list
Moderate earthquake in the middle of the night. Light to moderate shaking expected near the epicenter
16 km (9 miles) ESE of Sikeston, Missouri and 27 km (16 miles) SW of Cairo, Illinois
Update :  Some minor damage has been reported by people living in the epicenter area, mainly cracks in walls and falling objects. Click here to see the video report of a local TV station
Update : The epicenter has been located near East Prairie
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Label info : M = magnitude, D = depth (km), Time = UTC – Click here for conversion in your local time.

SRC Location UTC Date/time M D INFORMATION
EMSC Hokkaido, Japan Region Feb 21 20:35 PM 4.7 60.0 MAP I Felt It
USGS Hokkaido, Japan Region Feb 21 20:35 PM 4.6 54.1 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Kashmir-xinjiang Border Region Feb 21 19:55 PM 4.7 92.0 MAP I Felt It
USGS Kashmir-xinjiang Border Region Feb 21 19:55 PM 4.6 69.7 MAP I Felt It
USGS Ascension Island Region Feb 21 19:40 PM 4.8 9.8 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Ascension Island Region Feb 21 19:40 PM 5.0 2.0 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON New Ireland Region, P.n.g. Feb 21 16:42 PM 4.7 367.0 MAP I Felt It
USGS New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea Feb 21 16:42 PM 4.9 372.9 MAP I Felt It
EMSC New Ireland Region, P.n.g. Feb 21 16:42 PM 4.8 367.0 MAP I Felt It
USGS Bering Strait Feb 21 13:50 PM 5.3 30.1 MAP I Felt It
USGS Bering Strait Feb 21 13:50 PM 5.3 9.9 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Bering Strait Feb 21 13:50 PM 5.2 10.0 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Bering Strait Feb 21 13:50 PM 5.3 2.0 MAP I Felt It
USGS Chukchi Sea Feb 21 13:50 PM 5.0 20.0 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Hokkaido, Japan Region Feb 21 11:14 AM 4.6 113.0 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Hokkaido, Japan Region Feb 21 11:14 AM 4.6 115.0 MAP I Felt It
USGS Hokkaido, Japan Region Feb 21 11:14 AM 4.7 111.7 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Bali Sea Feb 21 10:46 AM 4.3 259.0 MAP I Felt It
USGS Bali Sea Feb 21 10:46 AM 4.6 257.1 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Sumbawa Region, Indonesia Feb 21 10:46 AM 4.5 258.0 MAP I Felt It
USGS Southeastern Missouri Feb 21 09:58 AM 4.0 5.0 MAP I Felt It
  • Anniston - I heard a loud boom, woke me up. Then the house was shaking. The bed was shaking. I heard stuff falling everywhere.
  • Fredericktown - I live just a little north west of Fredericktown and felt the quake. I just thought it was a storm and closed my window.
  • East Prairie - Felt shaking In East Prairie! Woken up! Hopefully nothing later!!
  • East Prairie - I live in East Prairie and it woke me up, I told my husband "is that an earthquake" lasted only a few seconds
  • Jackson, MO - Shaking lampshades awakened me at 3:58 a.m.
  • Dyersburg, TN - Heard it east of Dyersburg, TN
  • East Prairie - Woke me and my dog up. Heard a loud humming rumbling sound. Crazy! I'm outside of East Prairie.
  • Benton, MO - There was a loud thunder like boom that came with it.... On top of the shaking that was really scary here in Benton, mo
  • Bertrand - I live in bertrand and it sounded like a loud rumble..close to thunder but a lot stronger..I don't recall any shaking tho.. must have slept thru that part??
  • Cape Girardeau - We felt it in Cape Girardeau. Woke up to rattling and rumbling.
  • Morehouse, Mo - We live in Morehouse, Mo and it awoke me and my husband.It caused the house to shake my husband. Thought it was a train but with being in them before i knew it was an earthquake.
  • Marion, Il - I'm in Marion, Illinois.. Been working in the basement around that time and I didn't feel anything.
  • Union City, Tn - I live in Union City, Tn and the Quake woke me. The dishes in the house rattled you could hear the rumble. No apparent damage.
  • Murphysboro - In Murphysboro and I just thought it was the wind and got up and turned on the fan to drown the noise. 1 dog got up and moved. I was mad cause something woke me up
  • Massac County, IL - I felt it in northern Massac County, IL.
  • Parma, Mo. - Some people here in Parma, Mo. are saying they heard and felt it. i live here in Parma and did not hear a thing slept right threw it.
  • Sikeston, MO - Heard rumbling and house was shaking. Couldn't sleep the rest of the night. Kept thinking a bigger one was going to follow.
  • Mt. Prospect, IL - Maybe it's a coincidence, but my dog was barking incessantly around 4am - totally uncharacteristic of him to wake in the middle of the night. Wonder if it's possible for the quake to be sensed all the way near Chicago?
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    GEOFON New Madrid, Missouri Region Feb 21 09:58 AM 4.5 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southeastern Missouri Feb 21 09:58 AM 4.3 2.0 MAP I Felt It
  • Southern Ste. Genevieve County - Woke up to my china cabinet rattling and a moan like noise I could hear.
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    USGS Tonga Feb 21 09:10 AM 4.9 81.9 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Tonga Feb 21 09:10 AM 5.0 73.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Tonga Islands Feb 21 09:10 AM 5.2 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Near West Coast Of Honshu, Japan Feb 21 05:47 AM 4.5 22.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Fiji Region Feb 21 04:36 AM 4.7 592.4 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Fiji Region Feb 21 04:36 AM 4.8 602.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Fiji Islands Region Feb 21 04:36 AM 4.8 563.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Feb 21 03:54 AM 4.7 35.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Near The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Feb 21 03:54 AM 4.7 33.6 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Feb 21 03:54 AM 4.9 30.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Central Mid-atlantic Ridge Feb 21 03:20 AM 4.7 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Central Mid-atlantic Ridge Feb 21 03:20 AM 4.7 10.0 MAP I Felt It

    Data sources courtesy : USGS – EMSC – GFZ – GEONET

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

    M 5.1      2012/02/20 20:59     Depth 176.8 km      NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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    MMI II (Very weak shaking) ?
    People :
    Felt by persons at rest, on upper floors or favorably placed.
    MMI III (Weak shaking) ?
    People :
    Felt indoors; hanging objects may swing, vibration similar to passing of light trucks, duration may be estimated, may not be recognized as an earthquake.
    MMI IV (Light shaking) ?
    People :
    Generally noticed indoors but not outside. Light sleepers may be awakened. Vibration may be likened to the passing of heavy traffic, or to the jolt of a heavy object falling or striking the building.
    Fittings :
    Doors and windows rattle. Glassware and crockery rattle. Liquids in open vessels may be slightly disturbed. Standing motorcars may rock.
    Structures :
    Walls and frames of buildings, and partitions and suspended ceilings in commercial buildings, may be heard to creak.
    MMI V (Moderate shaking) ?
    People :
    Generally felt outside, and by almost everyone indoors. Most sleepers awakened. A few people alarmed.
    Fittings :
    Small unstable objects are displaced or upset. Some glassware and crockery may be broken. Hanging pictures knock against the wall. Open doors may swing. Cupboard doors secured by magnetic catches may open. Pendulum clocks stop, start, or change rate.
    Structures :
    Some large display windows cracked. A few earthenware toilet fixtures cracked.
    MMI VI (Strong shaking) ?
    People Felt by all. People and animals alarmed. Many run outside. Difficulty experienced in walking steadily.
    Fittings :
    Objects fall from shelves. Pictures fall from walls. Some furniture moved on smooth floors, some unsecured free-standing fireplaces moved. Glassware and crockery broken. Very unstable furniture overturned. Small church and school bells ring. Appliances move on bench or table tops. Filing cabinets or "easy glide" drawers may open (or shut).
    Structures :
    Slight damage to buildings with low standard. Some stucco or cement plaster falls. Large display windows broken. Damage to a few weak domestic chimneys, some may fall.
    Environment :
    Trees and bushes shake, or are heard to rustle. Loose material may be dislodged from sloping ground, e.g. existing slides, talus slopes, shingle slides.
    MMI VII (Very strong shaking) ?
    People
    General alarm. Difficulty experienced in standing. Noticed by motorcar drivers who may stop.
    Fittings :
    Large bells ring. Furniture moves on smooth floors, may move on carpeted floors. Substantial damage to fragile contents of buildings.
    Structures :
    Unreinforced stone and brick walls cracked. Low standard buildings cracked with some minor masonry falls. A few instances of damage to buildings of ordinary workmanship. Unbraced parapets, unbraced brick gables, and architectural ornaments fall. Roofing tiles, especially ridge tiles may be dislodged. Many unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, often falling from roof-line. Water tanks Type I burst. A few instances of damage to brick veneers and plaster or cement-based linings. Unrestrained water cylinders (hot-water cylinders) may move and leak. Some common windows cracked. Suspended ceilings damaged.
    Environment :
    Water made turbid by stirred up mud. Small slides such as falls of sand and gravel banks, and small rock-falls from steep slopes and cuttings. Instances of settlement of unconsolidated or wet, or weak soils. Some fine cracks appear in sloping ground. A few instances of liquefaction (i.e. small water and sand ejections).
    MMI VIII (Severe shaking) ?
    People Alarm may approach panic. Steering of motorcars greatly affected. Structures : Low standard buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. ordinary workmanship buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged in some cases. A few instances of damage to buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes. Monuments and pre-1976 elevated tanks and factory stacks twisted or brought down. Some pre-1965 infill masonry panels damaged. A few post-1980 brick veneers damaged. Decayed timber piles of houses damaged. Houses not secured to foundations may move. Most unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, some below roof-line, many brought down. Environment : Cracks appear on steep slopes and in wet ground. Small to moderate slides in roadside cuttings and unsupported excavations. Small water and sand ejections and localized lateral spreading adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
    MMI IX (Violent shaking) ?
    Structures Many low standard buildings destroyed. Ordinary workmanship buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes damaged in some cases, some with flexible frames seriously damaged. Damage or permanent distortion to some buildings and bridges, designed and built to normal use standards. Houses not secured to foundations shifted off. Brick veneers fall and expose frames. Environment : Cracking of ground conspicuous. Landsliding general on steep slopes. Liquefaction effects intensified and more widespread, with large lateral spreading and flow sliding adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
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    People :
    Felt by persons at rest, on upper floors or favorably placed.
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    Felt indoors; hanging objects may swing, vibration similar to passing of light trucks, duration may be estimated, may not be recognized as an earthquake.
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    People :
    Generally noticed indoors but not outside. Light sleepers may be awakened. Vibration may be likened to the passing of heavy traffic, or to the jolt of a heavy object falling or striking the building.
    Fittings :
    Doors and windows rattle. Glassware and crockery rattle. Liquids in open vessels may be slightly disturbed. Standing motorcars may rock.
    Structures :
    Walls and frames of buildings, and partitions and suspended ceilings in commercial buildings, may be heard to creak.
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    People :
    Generally felt outside, and by almost everyone indoors. Most sleepers awakened. A few people alarmed.
    Fittings :
    Small unstable objects are displaced or upset. Some glassware and crockery may be broken. Hanging pictures knock against the wall. Open doors may swing. Cupboard doors secured by magnetic catches may open. Pendulum clocks stop, start, or change rate.
    Structures :
    Some large display windows cracked. A few earthenware toilet fixtures cracked.
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    People Felt by all. People and animals alarmed. Many run outside. Difficulty experienced in walking steadily.
    Fittings :
    Objects fall from shelves. Pictures fall from walls. Some furniture moved on smooth floors, some unsecured free-standing fireplaces moved. Glassware and crockery broken. Very unstable furniture overturned. Small church and school bells ring. Appliances move on bench or table tops. Filing cabinets or "easy glide" drawers may open (or shut).
    Structures :
    Slight damage to buildings with low standard. Some stucco or cement plaster falls. Large display windows broken. Damage to a few weak domestic chimneys, some may fall.
    Environment :
    Trees and bushes shake, or are heard to rustle. Loose material may be dislodged from sloping ground, e.g. existing slides, talus slopes, shingle slides.
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    People
    General alarm. Difficulty experienced in standing. Noticed by motorcar drivers who may stop.
    Fittings :
    Large bells ring. Furniture moves on smooth floors, may move on carpeted floors. Substantial damage to fragile contents of buildings.
    Structures :
    Unreinforced stone and brick walls cracked. Low standard buildings cracked with some minor masonry falls. A few instances of damage to buildings of ordinary workmanship. Unbraced parapets, unbraced brick gables, and architectural ornaments fall. Roofing tiles, especially ridge tiles may be dislodged. Many unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, often falling from roof-line. Water tanks Type I burst. A few instances of damage to brick veneers and plaster or cement-based linings. Unrestrained water cylinders (hot-water cylinders) may move and leak. Some common windows cracked. Suspended ceilings damaged.
    Environment :
    Water made turbid by stirred up mud. Small slides such as falls of sand and gravel banks, and small rock-falls from steep slopes and cuttings. Instances of settlement of unconsolidated or wet, or weak soils. Some fine cracks appear in sloping ground. A few instances of liquefaction (i.e. small water and sand ejections).
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    People Alarm may approach panic. Steering of motorcars greatly affected. Structures : Low standard buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. ordinary workmanship buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged in some cases. A few instances of damage to buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes. Monuments and pre-1976 elevated tanks and factory stacks twisted or brought down. Some pre-1965 infill masonry panels damaged. A few post-1980 brick veneers damaged. Decayed timber piles of houses damaged. Houses not secured to foundations may move. Most unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, some below roof-line, many brought down. Environment : Cracks appear on steep slopes and in wet ground. Small to moderate slides in roadside cuttings and unsupported excavations. Small water and sand ejections and localized lateral spreading adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
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    Structures Many low standard buildings destroyed. Ordinary workmanship buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes damaged in some cases, some with flexible frames seriously damaged. Damage or permanent distortion to some buildings and bridges, designed and built to normal use standards. Houses not secured to foundations shifted off. Brick veneers fall and expose frames. Environment : Cracking of ground conspicuous. Landsliding general on steep slopes. Liquefaction effects intensified and more widespread, with large lateral spreading and flow sliding adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
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