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Witness location : Zushi (Japan) (270 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Felt the quake and then a lingering sway…6th floor tower

Witness location : (Japan) (275 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

House was shaking twice for few seconds

Witness location : (Japan) (299 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

In the JAL lounge at HND airport near Tokyo.

Witness location : (Japan) (300 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Slow shaking in the JAL lounge at HND airport, Tokyo. Public address system makes immediate announcement. (Ignore the 4 bridge photos included accidentally!)

Witness location : (Japan) (300 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1235 min

Heard house rumble and felt it for about 20 seconds.

Witness location : (Japan) (301 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Shaking going on for about five minutes, mild but yet observable

Witness location : (Japan) (301 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Shaking going on for about five minutes, mild but yet clear; about ten minutes later more like mild shivering

Witness location : Tokyo (Japan) (302 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Felt in Ebisu.

Witness location : (Japan) (302 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

12 seconds of slight shaking in Shinagawa.

Witness location : Shinjuku-Ku (Japan) (305 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Light shaking

Witness location : (Japan) (306 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

In the subway near Shinjuku. It stopped at the next station. The station made a noise sounding like a horn. And the train car swayed for maybe 10 seconds.

Witness location : (Japan) (306 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Shakeda little bit for a few seconds, and stopped.

Witness location : (Japan) (306 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Small jolt, then prolonged swaying. 7th floor

Witness location : (Japan) (307 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

About 30 seconds of persistent shaking and some slight tremors periodically since (ongoing)

Witness location : (Japan) (307 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

Felt largely and longer at Ichigaya, Tokyo.

Witness location : (Japan) (307 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

It lasted for a solid minute

Witness location : (Japan) (308 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Short shaking... around 10 sec

Witness location : (Japan) (308 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

15 seconds of trembling in Tokyo

Witness location : (Japan) (341 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

mild but rather long shake for nearly a minute, Ashikaga, Tochigi

Witness location : (Japan) (359 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Airport terminal rocking back and forth with 1 second period

Witness location : Kashima-shi (Japan) (391 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Felt largely!