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(Complete) Earthquakes list December 7, 2012

Friday, December 7, 2012 8:51
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SRC Location UTC Date/time M D INFORMATION
ER I Felt A (not Listed) Strong Earthquake Dec 07 23:59 PM 4.6 0.1 MAP I Felt It
  • Honshu, Japan - Really really scared! I was so so so so scared. So scary!
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    ER I Felt A (not Listed) Weak Earthquake Dec 07 23:58 PM 2.6 0.1 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern Alaska Dec 07 15:27 PM 2.6 119.8 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 15:15 PM 5.0 35.8 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 15:15 PM 4.9 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 15:15 PM 5.0 20.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Antofagasta, Chile Dec 07 15:01 PM 2.8 129.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 14:32 PM 4.7 27.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 14:32 PM 4.7 35.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 14:32 PM 4.5 23.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Eastern Turkey Dec 07 14:30 PM 3.2 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Southern Xinjiang, China Dec 07 14:08 PM 5.3 25.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern Xinjiang, China Dec 07 14:08 PM 5.3 16.1 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southern Xinjiang, China Dec 07 14:08 PM 5.3 2.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Pyrenees Dec 07 13:29 PM 3.0 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 12:58 PM 5.0 34.9 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 12:58 PM 5.0 35.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 12:58 PM 5.1 35.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Central Turkey Dec 07 12:50 PM 3.0 2.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 12:48 PM 4.8 35.1 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 12:48 PM 4.8 39.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 12:48 PM 5.0 35.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 12:47 PM 4.6 26.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southern Italy Dec 07 12:45 PM 2.4 9.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 12:34 PM 4.7 42.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 12:33 PM 4.7 40.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 12:33 PM 4.7 34.9 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Aegean Sea Dec 07 12:31 PM 2.5 8.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Tarapaca, Chile Dec 07 12:25 PM 3.6 104.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Central California Dec 07 12:16 PM 2.5 2.2 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 12:05 PM 5.0 35.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 12:05 PM 5.0 43.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 12:05 PM 4.9 34.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Western Turkey Dec 07 11:21 AM 2.4 30.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC South Of Java, Indonesia Dec 07 11:20 AM 4.0 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON South Of Java, Indonesia Dec 07 11:20 AM 4.0 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Western Turkey Dec 07 10:36 AM 2.5 8.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 09:56 AM 4.6 35.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 09:56 AM 4.6 35.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Gulf Of California Dec 07 09:39 AM 4.1 15.3 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 09:23 AM 4.8 35.1 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 09:23 AM 5.1 28.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 09:23 AM 4.9 23.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Crete, Greece Dec 07 09:19 AM 3.1 2.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 09:13 AM 4.8 38.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 09:13 AM 4.7 35.1 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 09:13 AM 5.0 29.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 09:01 AM 4.7 35.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 09:01 AM 4.7 35.3 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 08:48 AM 5.5 34.8 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 08:48 AM 5.5 30.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 08:48 AM 5.4 22.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Kodiak Island Region, Alaska Dec 07 08:46 AM 3.4 50.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Switzerland Dec 07 08:35 AM 2.4 3.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 08:31 AM 6.2 29.2 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 08:31 AM 6.2 30.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 08:31 AM 6.1 26.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Ionian Sea Dec 07 08:30 AM 3.9 4.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern California Dec 07 08:29 AM 3.4 73.6 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern California Dec 07 08:29 AM 3.4 32.4 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern Alaska Dec 07 08:27 AM 3.1 34.9 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 08:18 AM 7.3 36.1 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 08:18 AM 7.3 30.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 08:18 AM 7.3 33.0 MAP I Felt It
  • Tokyo - Just woke me up
  • Fukushima, Japan - Very long quake
  • Yokosuka Japan - just felt a very strong and long Quake here in Yokosuka
  • hitachi-omiya - first big one for me. was kinda scary
  • Shin-Maruyama, Japan - Shook our building pretty good.
  • Yokosuka, Japan - I felt light shaking for approximately 2 minutes.
  • Tokyo Narita airport - Narita airport @ 1720 local time
  • Numata, Gunma - Very long quake. one minute or so of shaking.
  • Tokyo - OMG!
  • Hirakawacho, Chiyoda-ku - At Kiocho Hirakawacho, Chiyoda-ku, Chiyoda Building Shaking
  • hyatt regency hotel tokyo shinjuku - big one ; this morning it was a small one ; les hauts parleurs de l'hotel ont dit que le batiment était safe ; ça tanguait de partout et ça grinçait ; pendant longtemps.... au moins deux minutes ou plus ; ça m'a donné le mal de mer !
  • Nagoya Aichi Japan - it last for like 10-15 secs
  • Tamurashi, Fukushima - Very long quake with a little aftershock about 5 minutes later. Large enough to send the students outside!
  • Ofuna - Scary!
  • tokyo - scared again same as last last mar 11 but this is not as strong
  • Yokosuka - when it started strong and kept going I knew it was going to be bad.
  • Ｓｅｎｄａｉ - Very heavy. But the buildings are safe.
  • Kanagawa Japan - The train was jiggeling throughout, as if something was shaking it. It ladted about 30 seconds.
  • shibuya, tokyo, hotel near jr station - light shaking, curtains swaying, towels on rack swaying gently....for about two minutes at around 17:20
  • Shinjuku - The earthquake lasted for more than a minute it moved from side to side. It was strong but not violent earthquake.
  • Shibuya - Strong shaking woke me up.
  • Hitachinaka - 1 minute of shaking strong shaking. inside building in Hitachinaka measured with peak magnitude of 5.
  • Tokyo - Capitol hotel Tokyo. Much bigger than this morning. Strong shaking for ~ 15 secs. Then building was swaying for a while (elevator out of service)
  • Hakone, Japan - long wavelength shaking for about 3 minutes, at 17:20. not strong enough to shake anything off of a table, etc.
  • Yokohama, Japan - We're at the 18th Floor of our building so we felt our building sway, for approx 2 mins.
  • atsugi - :
  • Tokyo - (Long lasting earthquake, side to side motion, not up and down. Started out slow, almost not noticeable except for queasy feeling, liek the beginnings of motion sickness, then doors and window rattled slightly and died down then continued to build up until whole house was shaking. Then slowly tapered off. not sure of magnitude but definitely strong.
  • Zama-shi, Kanagawa-ken - It wasn't too bad, nothing fell or broke.
  • yokosuka, Japan - my room was shacking... trippy!
  • Kanagawa,Japan - Long Quake but not as strong as last years.
  • Tokyo - felt like sitting in a ship
  • Tamagawa - Lasted more than a minute. Building, floor, and windows shook noticeably.
  • Saginuma, Kasasaki-shi, Japan - I felt it for about a minute; it seemed to gain in intensity with time, just the March 11 quake did. Not so scary as to make me leave the house, though.
  • Hachioji - Strong shaking (on the 5th floor) for over 2 minutes. No danger, but there are some new cracks in the tiles of the hallway.
  • Minamirokugo, Ota, Tokyo, Japan - lasted a good 30 seconds or more. a rolling feeling
  • Tochigiken - About a minute of shaking, but no damage.
  • Kuki-shi, saitama - Strong shaking which increased to very strong shaking which caused some panic at the train station, but no damage.
  • Ayase, Kanagawa Perfecture - The light fixtures, paintings, mirrors were all shaking. The Christmas tree swayed endlessly. You could feel the ground shaking a lot under your feet.
  • Tokyo - whole hotel swaying and windows rattled on the 12 th floor of Excel hotel , Shibuya Tokyo
  • Dake, Nihonmatsu - The beeper on the car went off, we pulled over and the shaking began. It seemed that we had about 15 to 20 seconds' noticed. The shaking got stronger and lasted maybe a minute.
  • Tokyo - After about 10 seconds of smaller shake, there was a bigger waves came and lasted for about 30 seconds. We knew it was bigger one than usual, then. I was on the 7th floor at the office in Tokyo. Nothing fell or no damages have been reported around.
  • Tokyo, Japan - My hotel bed on the 7th floor was shaking around 5:33am, for a few seconds.
  • Zama - Moderate shaking, low frequency, long duration, 2 minutes
  • Chiba - Shaking for long time.
  • [email protected] - i am in utsunoyia ninimatshi meahusu i felt the earthquake after an alert of my phone range with the urigent news alert
  • Honshu - House Shook Rattled and Rolled! Nothing fell off the walls but it was enough to keep us rattled for more than an hour.
  • Tokyo - We live in a Central Tokyo location and items in our home swayed and shook but nothing fell over. This was the longest-lasting and strongest earthquake we've felt since living here for a little over a year.
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    GEOFON Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan Dec 07 08:18 AM 7.3 33.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Greece Dec 07 08:17 AM 2.6 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Aegean Sea Dec 07 07:57 AM 2.5 5.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Eastern Turkey Dec 07 07:45 AM 2.7 5.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan Dec 07 07:29 AM 4.0 208.3 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Atacama, Chile Dec 07 07:17 AM 3.3 40.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Southern Alaska Dec 07 05:00 AM 2.9 49.1 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Western Turkey Dec 07 04:50 AM 4.0 96.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Western Turkey Dec 07 04:31 AM 2.9 5.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Eastern Mediterranean Sea Dec 07 04:20 AM 3.0 50.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Central Turkey Dec 07 04:10 AM 3.1 6.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Eastern Mediterranean Sea Dec 07 03:50 AM 2.6 2.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Eastern Mediterranean Sea Dec 07 03:44 AM 2.7 7.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Antofagasta, Chile Dec 07 03:14 AM 2.9 147.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON New Britain Region, P.n.g. Dec 07 02:25 AM 5.0 108.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC New Britain Region, P.n.g. Dec 07 02:25 AM 5.0 98.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea Dec 07 02:25 AM 5.1 94.2 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Mona Passage, Puerto Rico Dec 07 02:23 AM 3.1 16.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Crete, Greece Dec 07 02:11 AM 2.9 29.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia Dec 07 02:05 AM 4.4 165.0 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Banda Sea Dec 07 02:05 AM 4.4 165.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Potosi, Bolivia Dec 07 01:42 AM 4.5 272.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Southern Greece Dec 07 01:38 AM 2.8 5.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Bouvet Island Region Dec 07 01:35 AM 5.1 17.0 MAP I Felt It
    USGS Bouvet Island Region Dec 07 01:35 AM 5.1 17.4 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Romania Dec 07 01:32 AM 3.1 4.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Cyprus Region Dec 07 01:31 AM 2.5 17.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Azores-cape St. Vincent Ridge Dec 07 00:35 AM 2.4 10.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Salta, Argentina Dec 07 00:23 AM 3.6 160.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Maule, Chile Dec 07 00:07 AM 3.3 4.0 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Turkey-iran Border Region Dec 07 00:02 AM 2.4 1.0 MAP I Felt It

    Data sources courtesy : USGS – EMSC – GFZ – GEONET

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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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