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Witness location : Misawa (Japan) (77 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Nothing broken but lots of shaking. No sign of tsunami yet a couple km from beach

Witness location : Takizawa (Japan) (163 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 69 min

Strong shaking items falling from the shelf a little over a minute duration

Witness location : Morioka (Japan) (172 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 38 min

Big shake on 7th floor hotel in Morioka city

Witness location : Niseko Town (Japan) (230 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 640 min

Really shaky for over one minute

Witness location : Sapporo (Japan) (233 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Felt the building shook for a minute

Witness location : Sapporo (Japan) (233 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

NHK radio 2 has tsunami information in other languages

Witness location : Niseko Town (Japan) (234 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Shook my bunk bed where I thought someone was shaking it

Witness location : Niseko Town (Japan) (234 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1437 min

Living in grand Hirafu Hokkaido and our lodge shook very crazy

Witness location : Niseko Town (Japan) (236 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

It started slow, like someone was shaking the room but built into a significant one where my building was entirely shaking. It eased but there were still slight tremors for about another minute.

Witness location : Niseko Town (Japan) (238 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

 Very long shaking

Witness location : Otaru (Japan) (257 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

It was a little shake last about 10 secs

Witness location : Otaru (Japan) (257 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 542 min

Was on the 6th floor of a hotel in Otaru, Hokkaido. The building was swaying significantly

Witness location : Kōriyama (Japan) (432 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Sustainable wobble. Picture frames moved slightly.

Witness location : Yuzhno-Kurilsk (Russia) (449 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 38 min

It woke me up. Small things dropped.

Witness location : Yuzhno-Kurilsk (Russia) (450 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Покачивание секунд 15. Южно-Курильск, Россия.

Witness location : Otrada (Russia) (453 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Остров Кунашир, долго качало. Началось от толчка, и потом волоообразно по нарастающей

Witness location : Fukayachō (Japan) (592 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

A little shake.

Witness location : Narita (Japan) (606 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 39 min

Mon lit bougeait avec une certaine amplitude, les murs craquaient légèrement aussi, pendant une vingtaine de secondes

Witness location : Sōka (Japan) (612 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

I’m from Saitama little shake and so long

Witness location : Kamagaya (Japan) (614 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Not strong, but really long. Seemed like over a full minute at least.

Witness location : Narashino (Japan) (624 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

More than a minute of light shaking

Witness location : Wako (Japan) (626 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

It's shaking a little, but it's shaking for a while.(nerima)

Witness location : Urayasu (Japan) (628 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

strong and a bit over a minute long… our hanging pans moved

Witness location : Urayasu (Japan) (628 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

I’m on the 7th floor and I was asleep but it up.

Witness location : Urayasu (Japan) (630 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Horizontal Shaking Magnitude7.2
(Urayasu-City Chiba-Pref.)

Witness location : Urayasu (Japan) (631 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

At hotel in urayasu (tokyo metro). building began to sway and audibly buckle with things swaying

Witness location : Tokyo (Japan) (633 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

I was in the 7th floor of a hotel, doors started to make banging noice like someone tried to get inside. On the way to the door I felt the shake so we went outside. There was no one else.. i thought I’m crazy.

Witness location : Tokyo (Japan) (633 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 32 min

In hotel in Ikebukuru on level 11 there was movement for over 30 seconds

Witness location : Musashino (Japan) (633 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Kichijoji Tokyo

Witness location : Tokyo (Japan) (635 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Felt long in Tokyo

Witness location : Tokyo (Japan) (635 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

In bed long rolling

Witness location : Tokyo (Japan) (638 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

About 40 seconds continuous vibration

Witness location : Tokyo (Japan) (639 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Small shaking on 20th floor apartment

Witness location : Kawasaki (Japan) (645 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

On the 7th floor in A Ota City felt small shaking for a long time

Witness location : Kohoku-Ku (Japan) (649 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Saw he curtains next to me move and felt a slight tremble for several seconds (around 5-6)

Witness location : Yokohama (Japan) (658 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

It shaked us, it was long :( good infrastructure!

Witness location : Yokohama (Japan) (658 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

Lost of rocking back and forth

Witness location : Yokosuka (Japan) (675 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Pretty sure I felt it

Witness location : Chigasaki (Japan) (681 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

shaking continued about 2 seconds. i was in kanagawa prefecture.

Witness location : Nagoya (Japan) (799 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Feel of light shaking in hotel top floors.

Witness location : Yangon (Myanmar) (5144 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4133 min

I felt little shake here