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(Complete) Earthquakes list October 12, 2012

Friday, October 12, 2012 12:20
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SRC Location UTC Date/time M D INFORMATION
EMSC Southern Greece Oct 12 18:40 PM 2.7 5.0 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Aegean Sea Oct 12 18:23 PM 3.0 10.0 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Greece Oct 12 17:58 PM 2.6 10.0 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Southern Italy Oct 12 17:48 PM 2.6 8.0 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Near S Coast Of Papua, Indonesia Oct 12 15:52 PM 4.5 10.0 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Irian Jaya Region, Indonesia Oct 12 15:52 PM 4.6 10.0 MAP I Felt It
USGS Southern Alaska Oct 12 13:44 PM 3.5 1.5 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Ionian Sea Oct 12 13:12 PM 2.4 10.0 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Canary Islands, Spain Region Oct 12 12:45 PM 2.6 20.0 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Near Coast Of Venezuela Oct 12 12:16 PM 5.1 17.0 MAP I Felt It
  • Carupano - Just moments ago..my home rattled .. Light shaking but with rumbling tremor..
  • Japan - It was Very scary
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    EMSC Gulf Of Paria, Venezuela Oct 12 12:16 PM 5.0 19.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Gulf Of Paria, Venezuela Oct 12 12:16 PM 4.9 12.3 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC France Oct 12 11:40 AM 2.4 4.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Strait Of Gibraltar Oct 12 11:33 AM 2.8 66.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Poland Oct 12 10:25 AM 3.0 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern California Oct 12 09:13 AM 2.7 8.4 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Puerto Rico Region Oct 12 09:00 AM 2.8 9.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Western Turkey Oct 12 08:49 AM 2.4 5.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Greece Oct 12 07:59 AM 2.5 2.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Island Of Hawaii, Hawaii Oct 12 07:22 AM 2.9 9.1 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Greece Oct 12 06:10 AM 3.0 1.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Albania Oct 12 06:01 AM 2.8 2.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON South Of Panama Oct 12 05:49 AM 4.4 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Western Turkey Oct 12 05:20 AM 2.5 5.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Central Mediterranean Sea Oct 12 05:11 AM 2.5 15.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Oct 12 04:57 AM 5.2 30.0 MAP I Felt It
  • Narita, Japan - Light shaking. Nothing fell off desk or moved on desk. Lasted twenty seconds.
  • Tsukuba - Felt some shaking on 5th floor
  • Tokyo - Felt only a light shaking.
  • tokyo - just felt it 10 mins ago
  • Sendai - Weak shaking..no noice
  • Narita - Alles schudde en bewoog.
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    USGS Near The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Oct 12 04:57 AM 5.1 34.9 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Oct 12 04:57 AM 5.3 45.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Northern Italy Oct 12 04:51 AM 2.9 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Galapagos Islands Region Oct 12 04:31 AM 4.4 5.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Galapagos Islands, Ecuador Region Oct 12 04:31 AM 4.4 9.6 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Galapagos Islands Region Oct 12 04:31 AM 4.4 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Western Turkey Oct 12 03:49 AM 2.9 4.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Bonin Islands, Japan Region Oct 12 03:18 AM 4.5 514.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Bonin Islands, Japan Region Oct 12 03:18 AM 4.6 500.9 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Bonin Islands, Japan Region Oct 12 03:18 AM 4.6 525.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Crete, Greece Oct 12 02:42 AM 3.0 2.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Galapagos Islands Region Oct 12 02:34 AM 4.5 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Galapagos Islands Region Oct 12 02:34 AM 4.4 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Galapagos Islands, Ecuador Region Oct 12 02:34 AM 4.4 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Near S Coast Of Papua, Indonesia Oct 12 01:34 AM 5.0 14.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Irian Jaya Region, Indonesia Oct 12 01:34 AM 5.0 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Near The South Coast Of Papua, Indonesia Oct 12 01:34 AM 4.9 20.7 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Near S Coast Of Papua, Indonesia Oct 12 01:29 AM 5.0 15.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Irian Jaya Region, Indonesia Oct 12 01:29 AM 5.1 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Near The South Coast Of Papua, Indonesia Oct 12 01:29 AM 4.9 10.4 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Near The South Coast Of Papua, Indonesia Oct 12 00:31 AM 6.7 24.7 MAP I Felt It
  • Darwin - On the 6th floor of our building and it shook lightly.
  • Jayapura - At the morning,i felt light shaking for few seconds
  • Abepura - Light jolt..barely noticable
  • Central Victoria Australia - 12 October about 6:15 to 6:30 PM. Very mild
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    USGS Kepulauan Aru Region, Indonesia Oct 12 00:31 AM 6.7 24.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Kepulauan Aru Region, Indonesia Oct 12 00:31 AM 6.6 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Aru Islands Region, Indonesia Oct 12 00:31 AM 6.6 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southern Greece Oct 12 00:18 AM 2.4 5.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Georgia (sak'art'velo) Oct 12 00:06 AM 2.9 2.0 MAP I Felt It

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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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