Earthquake testimonies

Summary Maps Testimonies Medias Scientific data

Witness location : Toyama (Japan) (90 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 313 min

Strong earthquake

Witness location : (Japan) (108 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 158 min

30-60 second building shaking

Witness location : Nonoichi (Japan) (122 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 79 min

Ça a un peu secoué.

Witness location : (Japan) (156 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 108 min

At the moment of the earthquake we were in the bus riding in mountain area in Gunma Prefecture, near Kusatsu onsen. The bus was stopped and began shaking. It was rather strong.

Witness location : Fukui-shi (Japan) (182 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Went for at least 50 to 70 seconds

Witness location : Maebashi (Japan) (206 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Hanging objects swayed widely to and fro

Witness location : Menuma (Japan) (241 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Tocou alarme e tremeu

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

Time : T0+ 4 min

Slight shaking, but barely perceptible, here in a ガスト, Arakawa-ku. Just noticed when we saw the hanging lights swaying.

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

Time : T0+ 10 min

Felt in Tokyo significant shaking of our entire building

Witness location : (Japan) (303 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

It was big and long near coast of Honshu japan

Witness location : (Japan) (303 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Gentle swaying but went on for a long time. Maybe 30 seconds.

Witness location : Urayasu (Japan) (305 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

About 1.5 mins or so, quite long

Witness location : (Japan) (309 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Light earthquake

Witness location : (Japan) (309 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

The shaking was not strong at this site, but it was slow and large sideways shaking for about 20 seconds, very similar to what often occurs when catastrophic shaking occurs in distant areas

Witness location : Kyoto (Japan) (309 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

In Kyoto, but im not sure

Witness location : Kawasaki (Japan) (313 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 171 min

In Kanagawa. I thought my father inlaw dropped his wallet again.

Witness location : Urayasu (Japan) (314 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

A pretty strong one and long

Witness location : Hirakata (Japan) (330 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 31 min

It was very long in Hirakatashi. Things on the table didn’t shake but hanging lights and curtains were definitely moving. I still went under the table.

Witness location : Sendai (Japan) (331 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 63323 min

My body seemed to remember the disaster that occurred in 2011, and my body trembled when I heard that a tsunami was coming.

Witness location : (Japan) (338 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

The duration was long. We’re near Kintetsu Heijo train station in the north of Nara city.

Witness location : Takarazuka (Japan) (345 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

It was a long shake in Takarazuka.

Witness location : Kita (Japan) (348 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

En haut d’un immeuble au 8ème étage tout bougeais mais les gens étaient calmeC’est bizarre

Witness location : Yao (Japan) (352 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 119 min

We live in Yokohama but we’re visiting my wife’s family in Osaka. My wife and I were lying down after our New Year brunch. My wife slept thru it. We are in an older wooden house and I felt it move as I lay in bed. It was not bad enough. For me to consider getting up.

Witness location : Konohana (Japan) (355 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

7th floor hotel in Osaka, significant shaking and water sloshed out of the toilet. Super cool!

Witness location : سوالم الطريفية (Morocco) (11364 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3564 min

Wtf