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Witness location : Stad (Norway) (29 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Long hard rumbling

Witness location : Kinn (Norway) (33 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Rumbling for a few seconds

Witness location : Gjerdsvika (Norway) (34 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 52 min

Heard a loud noise from ground level that made me think a snow avaclanche was happening. My mom claim that the second level was shacking a little bit.

Witness location : Herøy (Norway) (34 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Feel vibration in house and cabinets, Fosnavaag, Haeroey, Norway

Witness location : Herøy (Norway) (35 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Loud rumbling and deep vibrations.

Witness location : Kinn (Norway) (42 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 30 min

It was a loooong rumble

Witness location : Kinn (Norway) (43 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Rumble like when a big lorry passes by

Witness location : Herøy (Norway) (43 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Brak zniszczeń

Witness location : Kinn (Norway) (44 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Shakes for about 5sec and than harder rumble, after trembling for about 5.sec

Witness location : Herøy (Norway) (44 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

No damage but horrible vibrations and a massive bang, felt like the house washanging in the air for a second before it "landed" again.

Witness location : Ulstein (Norway) (48 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Thought they were doing construction outside because it felt like a excavator driving past the house for a couple of seconds.

Witness location : Ulstein (Norway) (48 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 31 min

House shaking, and strange loud

Witness location : Ulstein (Norway) (48 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

The house shakef, lamps was moving for a minute after the earthquake. A deep base sound was there together with the shaking.  Shake was 4-7 sec long.

Witness location : Bremanger (Norway) (55 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 61 min

A long storing rumbling, like the washing machine is spinning loaded wrong.

Witness location : Hareid (Norway) (57 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

First small vibrations then more shaking. Felt swaying in a two storey building.

Witness location : Hareid (Norway) (57 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Трясло кровать , слышно было гул , казалось что дом качается

Witness location : Giske (Norway) (61 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Lot of shaking

Witness location : Giske (Norway) (62 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Strongest earthquake I've ever felt here in Norway!

Witness location : Ørsta (Norway) (62 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Prolonged vibrations in whole house

Witness location : Stad (Norway) (62 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

It was loud and shakey

Witness location : Ørsta (Norway) (63 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

Furniture were shaking and we could hear that loud rumbling sound of eathquake. It lasted  just a couple of seconds.

Witness location : Ålesund (Norway) (64 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 51 min

First a short rumble. May 1s. Then 1s silence. Then growing gradually stronger and then silence. Maybe 10sec or less in total.

Witness location : Sula (Norway) (66 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Felt shaking sitting on the sofa for a few seconds, loud noise. Langevag.

Witness location : Sula (Norway) (66 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 31 min

Cat startet miaowing for approx 1 minute before a low rumble was heard. The rumble escalated in strength and then started shaking. It was scary.

Witness location : Giske (Norway) (67 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 45 min

Long rumble

Witness location : Sula (Norway) (68 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

About 8-10 seconds of vibration

Witness location : Giske (Norway) (69 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 39 min

Police say earthquake was 4.5, but NORSAR say it was 3.3. It sounded like 3 snowplougs or a jumbojet taking off in the street outside

Witness location : Ålesund (Norway) (69 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

The house shaked

Witness location : Stad (Norway) (70 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 35 min

Really long

Witness location : Ørsta (Norway) (70 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Cały dom się zatrząsł przez kilka sekund .

Witness location : Ålesund (Norway) (77 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 177 min

I felt it slightly, no damage.

Witness location : Sykkylven (Norway) (84 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Heard walls kriking, glasses in cambinets moving and my chair and monitor to my pc was shaking.

Witness location : Sykkylven (Norway) (87 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

First small vibrations then more shaking. Lamps and glass clinging

Witness location : Sykkylven (Norway) (87 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Northwest coast of norway

Witness location : Ålesund (Norway) (90 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Felt first like a strong storm, but it got stronger and stronger. The house started shaking

Witness location : Ålesund (Norway) (94 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Small shaking, dishes making noise. Lasted 10-15 seconds. Sounded like strong wind at first, but my dishes usually don’t react to wind

Witness location : Stryn (Norway) (103 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 105 min

Повреждений нет. Упала книга с полки

Witness location : Stranda (Norway) (103 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Tiny vibration this far away

Witness location : Molde (Norway) (104 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

It felt like heavy snow fell from the roof of my house and the whole house was shaking

Witness location : Sunnfjord (Norway) (106 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

felt rumbling

Witness location : Stryn (Norway) (111 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Shaking on sofa

Witness location : Stryn (Norway) (111 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

I was shaking on sofa

Witness location : Stryn (Norway) (111 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Felt the house shake and å load noise. Lastes maybe 10 sec

Witness location : Vestnes (Norway) (117 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Felt my computer desk shake for a couple of seconds, along with hearing the house shake.
I felt the shake about 3 minutes after it originally hit off the coast.
I asked my upstairs neighbor what the shaking was from and they weren't sure, until I considered the thought it could've been an earthquake. And a quick google search told me it was for sure an earthquake.

Some of our next door neighbors thought it was snow cascading down from the roof, because we've had a lot of snow recently.

Witness location : Høyanger (Norway) (130 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

felt and heard a shake in the house. Not severe

Witness location : Hustadvika (Norway) (132 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 36 min

My house shook violently, and the tremor seemed to originate from the west, based on how the shaking felt.

Witness location : Rauma (Norway) (140 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 74 min

Rumble

Witness location : Hustadvika (Norway) (147 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

I felt a slight shake of the house and heard the clinking of glasses in the cupboards

Witness location : Sogndal (Norway) (147 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Second floor, whole house shook. Felt as if a giant lorry or train just passed by, lasted about 8 seconds.

Witness location : Molde (Norway) (170 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Was shaking in the floor. Lastet to long to be snow falling from the roof.

Witness location : Lesja (Norway) (204 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Thought it was a heavy goods train that went by

Witness location : Heim (Norway) (239 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Small shake in sofa and house made of wood cracking

Witness location : Ringebu (Norway) (292 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

My boyfriend felt shaking on second floor. I didn’t feel anything downstairs.

Witness location : Ringebu (Norway) (296 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 63 min

Shaking in second floor.

Witness location : Trondheim (Norway) (303 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Small rocking quaking

Witness location : Elverum (Norway) (385 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

I felt a small rumbling.

Witness location : Elverum (Norway) (387 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Started slow

Witness location : Lillestrøm (Norway) (415 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Barely noticeable, like someone closing a door