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Witness location : Lumijoki (Finland) (5 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 54 min

Felt it for several seconds, heard rumbling noise.

Witness location : Liminka (Finland) (7 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1069 min

Loud noise

Witness location : Liminka (Finland) (7 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 48 min

Very strong.

Witness location : (Finland) (8 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2088 min

I slept through it, lol.

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (10 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 120 min

Two storey terraced house did shake like  the shock wave would have gone through the house. Did begin very quickly and took approx. a minute. With the shaking there was rumbling like in a thunder.

Witness location : Oulunsalo (Finland) (12 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 39 min

Loud noise woke me up. Didn’t feel anything.

Witness location : Kempele (Finland) (12 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 411 min

Our dog woke up and started barking at 00:32.

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (17 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 524 min

It took about 2-4 seconds. I was awake in my bed and my boyfriend was sleeping but woke up because of the earthquake.

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (18 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

Heard the eartquake approaching too

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (19 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 67 min

Loud bass like noise, floor shaking.

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (19 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 47 min

first we heard an awful noise, like really loud bass music but then i felt a sift, like someone nudges me while i was sitting on th sofa and i heard my fridge sift a bit and bottles clincked.

Witness location : Tyrnävä (Finland) (20 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 51 min

Felt like house was moving and shaking.

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (20 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 36 min

I heard a rumble first for about 20 seconds, then suddenly the whole house shook, i felt the floor jump. It was like an explosion. After that it ended, like nothing happened.

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (20 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 39 min

It was a littke bit scary bc i havent been in earhquake before and my little dog (puppy 12 weeks old) got scared. :(

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (20 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 56 min

Shook the house about 15 seconds

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (20 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 36 min

GOOD DAMN NOISY AND HOUSE WAS "MOVING"

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (20 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 538 min

Two loud booms and the whole apartment building shaked.

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (20 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 48 min

First it sounded like an explosion, then like a heavy snow plough. Massive brick house was shaking first 4-5 seconds, and windows shaked estimately 20 seconds. I almost got my pants dirty, but our teenagers didn, t even wake in that noise.

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (20 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

House was "moving"

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (20 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 738 min

Didn't feel like 3,5 R, rather just noise and couple of seconds long minor shaking. Glasses on a glasshelves didn't give any sound. Altough house is a solid stonebuild house not a wooden one. My last experienced earthquake at 3,2 R felt much more, then I was in a house made of wood.

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (20 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 35 min

shat my pants

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (20 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 38 min

It only lasted for a minute perhaps. Very low-key, but I still felt it. According to some resources, people felt it from Kalajoki to Simo. I felt it in Linnanmaa area in Oulu. Strangely, the people in Kaijonharju did not feel it, I hear.

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (20 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 37 min

I woke to to the whole building vibrating. First i thought it was big truck or a snowblow or a military airplane. But it lasted a lot longer and felt more powerful!

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (20 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 37 min

An intensifying swooshing and rumbling sound, then a brief moment of windows rattling.

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (20 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

Shelves were shaking and making sound as well as windows. The beginning of the shaking felt hard. I was already worried about our house.

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (20 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

Loud crash and rumbling.

Witness location : (Finland) (20 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 343 min

Sound and feeling was like a big tank was driving through the house about 5 to 10 seconds.

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (21 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 56 min

Tämä talo on 8 kerroksinen vahva betonirakennettu jotain 50-luvulla. Sijainti Oulujoen vesivoimalan vieressä saaressa. Tämä talo heilahti klo 00.35 ja sit kuului kumma humahdus ja hyllyssä tavarat tärähti. Säikähdin että ajoiko joku seinään tms. Ettei rösähdä juoksin rappukäytävään katsoon ja seinä naapurikin kävi kurkkimassa mitä tapahtuu.

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (21 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 30 min

It was very short, less than a second

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (22 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

The sound of it was strange.

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (22 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 38 min

nothing to be worried about

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (22 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 39 min

The effect lasted about 20 seconds

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (23 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

Wall heaters keep some small shaking noise

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (24 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 38 min

unusual for this area

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (24 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 169 min

Wasn't so violent but it was bad enough for the whole neighborhood to get up from bed and go outside for a minute

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (24 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

It was really noisy and you really could hear the ground shaking. It was 12 am so that’s probably why.

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (25 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

Big, loud crack at first, then a longer, softer murmur that went on for a while. We all thought it was a snowplow at first.

Witness location : Oulu (Finland) (26 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 449 min

I was falling asleep when there was a strong cracked sound and the windows started shaking, followed by rumbling.

Witness location : (Finland) (32 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 49 min

Light earthquake.

Witness location : Alakylä (Finland) (37 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 393 min

It felt like multitude of blast on the nearby gravelpit that weakened untill not noticable. The tremble was noticable for 15-20s and moved northbound.

Witness location : Kiiminki (Finland) (39 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

It was loud enough to wake me up.

Witness location : Ylikiiminki (Finland) (45 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 94 min

Dog acted strange some time before. Then the house started to shake and there was loud noice for a secound.

Witness location : Utajärvi (Finland) (55 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 49 min

I hear low voice, like train..

Witness location : Kemi (Finland) (104 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 572 min

Slunded like a large truck was driving by.

Witness location : (Finland) (448 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 46 min

Nope