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Witness location : Villar Perosa (Italy) (4 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 693 min

Electric blackout

Witness location : Pramollo (Italy) (4 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 38 min

The house wobbled for 2-3 seconds! Very loud noise.

Witness location : Chiotti Inferiori (Italy) (5 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 30 min

Very short intense quake.  Shook solid stone house (50cm thick walls) violently for a couple of seconds.  But little or no objects dislodged (surprisingly).  Some sounds that might suggest fallen roof tiles, but hard to see in dark.  Power outage for 5minutes then re-established.  Seemed to be a very slight aftershock 5-6 minutes later.

Witness location : Pinerolo (Italy) (11 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 61 min

È arrivato senza preavviso , tutto in una volta unica, durato 5/6 secondo. Vibrato muri; pavimentazione stradale e qualsiasi finestra. Si sono spente le luci dell'illuminazione pubblica per qualche minuto.

Witness location : Torre Pellice (Italy) (14 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 606 min

Scossa avvertita per una decina di secondi in modo netto e forte. Alcuni oggetti sui mobili sono caduti. All'interno della credenza il rumore dei bicchieri era impressionante. Tutto il palazzo di due piani è sceso in strada.

Witness location : Prali (Italy) (14 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 53 min

Lasted a few seconds. Quite frightening for me being at the 4th floor.

Witness location : Trana (Italy) (20 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 81 min

Scossa parecchio intensa accompagnata da un boato. Io ero all'esterno della casa appoggiato al muro e ho chiaramente sentito la casa e il terreno ondulare. Sarà durato una decina di secondi circa.

Witness location : Sestriere (Italy) (26 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 37 min

It was a few seconds very clear back an forth movement. We went outside to look wether something bad had happened, meeting several neighbors who were doing the same.

Witness location : Sauze d'Oulx (Italy) (29 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Very frightening earthquake. Lasted about 45 seconds. The most intense I have ever felt. For now no secondary waves

Witness location : Alpignano (Italy) (30 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 141 min

ho sentito tremare il pavimento in verticale per 5 secondi

Witness location : Sauze d'Oulx (Italy) (30 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 688 min

Dog was most affected! She went to bed!

Witness location : Grugliasco (Italy) (32 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

Scossa oscillatoria lunga 5-6 secondi. Piuttosto forteda far tremare i mobili.

Witness location : Turin (Italy) (34 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

We noticed clearly the movement in 2 steps or may in a unique one splitted in 2 peaks.
Adults lying on sofa/bed 2th floor moved with.

Witness location : Revello (Italy) (34 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Scossa sussultoria

Witness location : Arvieux (France) (41 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Two wawes,sseparated by lesser moves

Witness location : Bardonecchia (Italy) (43 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

Felt walls and floor shake. Loud noise.

Lasted 5-8 seconds

Witness location : Savigliano (Italy) (48 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

The shake was very strong

Witness location : La Salle-les-Alpes (France) (52 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 39 min

Suffisamment fort pour comprendre qu'il s'agit bien d'un tremblement de terre.

Witness location : Le Monêtier-les-Bains (France) (55 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 44 min

Heard some noise (Low fréquence) and felt a very short shock (1s) with horizontal acceleration

Witness location : Ivrea (Italy) (78 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 721 min

I was sitting on the sofa and felt a short horizontal movement, so I looked up to see if the lamp was moving (it wasn't). My mother who was sitting in the same room felt nothing.

Witness location : Landry (France) (79 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 759 min

Felt a very subtle movement around 10:30pm but didn't realise what is was.

Witness location : Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée (France) (79 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 44 min

Une seule vague que j'ai ressenti pendant environ 20 secondes

Witness location : Nice (France) (137 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Secousse lente de large amplitude durant 30 secondes, et plutôt faible.

Witness location : Milano (Italy) (162 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 72 min

Hopefully we did not felt anything here in Milan.