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Earthquakes in the world on March 7, 2013 (M2.5 or more)

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Strong earthquake in the Xulin area, Taiwan
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SRC Location UTC Date/time M D INFORMATION
ER I Felt A (not Listed) Strong Earthquake Mar 07 23:59 PM 4.6 0 MAP I Felt It
ER I Felt A (not Listed) Weak Earthquake Mar 07 23:58 PM 2.6 0 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Poland Mar 07 04:53 AM 2.4 2 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Taiwan Mar 07 04:52 AM 4.1 21 MAP I Felt It
EMSC Western Turkey Mar 07 04:11 AM 2.8 4 MAP I Felt It INFO
GEONET Taumarunui Mar 07 04:11 AM 2.4 164 MAP I Felt It
GEOFON Taiwan Mar 07 03:36 AM 5.6 5 MAP I Felt It
  • Taipei - MRT stopped working
  • Tainan, Taiwan - light books fell off the shelves, felt the floor rolling.
  • Taichung, Taiwan - It was one of the strongest I've felt since living in Taiwan for the past 3 years!
  • Hsinchu, Taiwan - Picture frames on walls shaking noticably. TV shaking on it's stand, could feel the vibrations. Lasted for about 5 seconds. Felt like a large train passing by, but trains go by here all the time and you don't notice.
  • Taiwan - hello there i went to visit that place in Taipei but i was look something and play game but i start saw that earthquake move not very strong but little shaking move form earthquake but i finished learn about safety class about earthquake but i saw two time last time in April 2010 before i not yet feel it but i was sleep but now in 2013 but first time i feel little shaking now i understand . never experience about earthquake but now i understand about earthquake look like is light shaking that w
  • National cheng kung university - first time experience earthquake
  • Hsinchu - left to right shaking (not up and down). biggest felt in a year in Hsinchu.
  • Hukou , Hsinchu - my bed is shaking then i saw something that hungs is shakjing,
  • Taipei - I felt the building where I live shake for a few seconds.
  • Taichung - building started shaking
  • ChangAn ChongChing - Was sleeping, woke me up. Lasted 10 seconds
  • Taipei - shaking on the first floor!
  • Kaohsiung, Taiwan - 32nd floor ... shook and creaked
  • Taipei - Moderate shaking but no damage nothing fell off shelves.
  • Baoshan hsinchu taiwan - I was on the 6th floor of our building and i felt that my area is shaking at first it was slow then minutes later it was shaking more and I see our ceiling fan is moving it was so scary.
  • Taichung city - second time in taiwan that i was on the phone with me dad when an earthquake struck.
  • Taichung, Taiwan - Side-to-side motion, some fairly quick jolts about midway into the quake. Shaking tapered off slowly.
  • Tuku, Yunlin - Little shaking, went out side and could see the windows shaking and powerlines..lasted about 20 secs
  • Taipei City - Rocked the building, 6th floor
  • Taichung, Taiwan - House shaking with little motion on computer
  • Taipei - My first earthquake since moving to Taiwan. Felt a little sea-sick, doors swaying where I live at the 18th floor. Nothing fell though.
  • Danshui - .
  • Taipei - My first earthquake since moving to Taiwan. Felt a little sea-sick, doors swaying where I live at the 18th floor. Nothing fell though.
  • Taipei - On 4th floor of National Taiwan University Hospital. A barely perceptible rocking.
  • Xindian, New Taipei City - In the mountains south of Taipei - sliding doors moved, my chair with wheels was moving and the dog got scared.
  • Kaohsiung - I live on the 34th floor of an apartment building. I thought I was getting vertigo because the building looked and felt like it was spinning. It lasted for about 30 seconds.
  • Yonghe, New Taipei City - Couldn't tell if I was suddenly dizzy or if there was an earthquake. Strong enough to feel, but it didn't make anything fall down.
  • Taipei Daan District - Pretty cool and mild.
  • Beitou, Taipei - we were on the eight floor - though it felt like a truck passing by. lasted maybe 30 - 40 seconds
  • Taipei, Shilin district - Rocked the building for 10 sec and doors were swaying, 5th floor
  • Hsinchu - house is shaking for a while...
  • Keelung - Shake Baby Shake
  • Danshui district - severe shaking of furniture, I was at 11th floor of the very huge strong building, so was pretty scared seeing the walls going front-behind.
  • USGS Taiwan Mar 07 03:36 AM 5.6 9 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Taiwan Mar 07 03:36 AM 5.6 15 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Eastern Turkey Mar 07 03:21 AM 4.3 22 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEOFON Armenia-azerbaijan-iran Border Reg. Mar 07 03:21 AM 4.2 82 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Turkey-iran Border Region Mar 07 03:21 AM 4.2 20 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEONET Opunake Mar 07 03:11 AM 2.6 236 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Offshore O'higgins, Chile Mar 07 03:06 AM 2.9 23 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Coquimbo, Chile Mar 07 02:29 AM 3.1 60 MAP I Felt It INFO
    USGS Virgin Islands Region Mar 07 02:02 AM 3.2 51 MAP I Felt It INFO
    GEONET Tokoroa Mar 07 01:11 AM 2.8 205 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Crete, Greece Mar 07 01:02 AM 4.0 80 MAP I Felt It
    GEOFON Crete, Greece Mar 07 01:02 AM 4.1 23 MAP I Felt It INFO
    EMSC Western Turkey Mar 07 00:45 AM 2.4 5 MAP I Felt It
    EMSC Poland Mar 07 00:30 AM 2.7 2 MAP I Felt It

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    Location where you felt the earthquake
    When you felt the earthquake (local time)
    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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