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\nGeorge town (51.5\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Very weak shaking (MMI II) \/ 30-60 s : Sitting at work and felt myself sewing in chair. Most in the office left, I wanted to stay in high ground!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nUpper Land (59.4\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Moderate shaking (MMI V) \/ horizontal (sideways) swinging \/ 15-20 s : Was inside my house and felt a good shake for about 20 or so seconds. Things had rattled some hanging lights swayed a little many felt it many reports further South in George Town reporting felt it. Government has issued an alert.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nGeorge Town (50.9\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Weak shaking (MMI III) \/ horizontal (sideways) swinging \/ 1-2 s : Slight tremor, side to side movement that lasted literally 1 second. Nothing since. Shaking intensity was minimal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nGrand Cayman (54.5\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Very weak shaking (MMI II) \/ single vertical bump \/ 1-2 s <\/p>\n
\nGrand Cayman (54.7\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Very weak shaking (MMI II) \/ single vertical bump \/ 1-2 s <\/p>\n
\nGrand Cayman, Cayman Island (61.6\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Weak shaking (MMI III) <\/p>\n
\nCayman Islands (56.5\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Weak shaking (MMI III) \/ horizontal (sideways) swinging \/ 2-5 s : slight shaking side to side felt for a few seconds, then again 3 more times similar to the first.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nBodden Town, Grand Cayman (50.8\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Weak shaking (MMI III) \/ single lateral shake \/ 2-5 s <\/p>\n
\nGEorge Town ONE\/GT 7th floor (61.5\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Weak shaking (MMI III) \/ horizontal (sideways) swinging \/ 2-5 s <\/p>\n
\nRed Bay, Grand Cayman (49.2\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Weak shaking (MMI III) \/ single lateral shake \/ 1-2 s : Like somebody bumped my desk and made it wobble. This happened 2 times.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Whitehall Estates (54.3\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Light shaking (MMI IV) \/ single lateral shake \/ 2-5 s (reported through our iOS app<\/a>)<\/p>\n \nCayman First (51.3\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Light shaking (MMI IV) <\/p>\n \ngeorge town \/ Very weak shaking (MMI II) \/ single lateral shake \/ very short <\/p>\n \nNorth Sound Estates, Sav, Grand Cayman, Cayman Isl (61.6\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Weak shaking (MMI III) \/ horizontal (sideways) swinging \/ 2-5 s : THIS IS THE ONLY SITE THAT SHOWS WE HAD AN EARTHQUAKE. THANK YOU!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \nWestin resort (50.8\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ not felt \/ horizontal (sideways) swinging \/ 5-10 s <\/p>\n \nGeorge Town (50.8\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Light shaking (MMI IV) \/ horizontal (sideways) swinging \/ 5-10 s <\/p>\n \nGrand Cayman (52.7\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Weak shaking (MMI III) : shaking\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \nGeorge Town (50.6\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Light shaking (MMI IV) \/ rattling, vibrating \/ 2-5 s <\/p>\n \nGeorge Town, GOAB (50.9\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Strong shaking (MMI VI) \/ rattling, vibrating \/ 1-2 s <\/p>\n \nGeorgetown (45.1\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Light shaking (MMI IV) \/ single vertical bump \/ 2-5 s <\/p>\n \nWhitehall Estates (54.5\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Weak shaking (MMI III) \/ horizontal (sideways) swinging \/ 2-5 s : Light shaking\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \ngeorge town cayman islands (51.1\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Weak shaking (MMI III) \/ horizontal (sideways) swinging \/ very short <\/p>\n \nGeorgetown \/ Weak shaking (MMI III) \/ single lateral shake \/ 1-2 s <\/p>\n \nGrand Cayman (54.6\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Very weak shaking (MMI II) \/ single vertical bump \/ 1-2 s <\/p>\n \ngrand cayman (51.7\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Weak shaking (MMI III) <\/p>\n \nSnug harbor (51\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ not felt \/ 5-10 s <\/p>\n \nGeorge Town Grand Cayman \/ Weak shaking (MMI III) <\/p>\n \nWest Bay (51.2\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Weak shaking (MMI III) \/ rattling, vibrating \/ 2-5 s <\/p>\n \nSeven Miles (55.9\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Very weak shaking (MMI II) \/ rattling, vibrating : bed shook\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \nGeorge Town Cayman Islands (50.6\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Very weak shaking (MMI II) \/ both vertical and horizontal swinging \/ very short : In bed when felt tapping on bed. Next a few seconds after felt a roll\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \nGeorge Town, Grand Cayman (53.9\u00a0km NNW of epicenter) [Map] \/ Very weak shaking (MMI II) \/ 1-2 s : Minimal shaking for 2-3 seconds\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Show more<\/p>\n Note: Only reports with latitude\/longitude coordinate positions given (46 in total) could be used for statistics.\n<\/p>\n What is Intensity and the Mercalli Intensity Scale? Notes
The amount of shaking that occurs on the surface due to an earthquake is called the intensity. It is commonly measured on the so-called Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) ranging from 1 (not felt) to 10 (extreme shaking), and given in Roman numerals as I,II,…IX, X, and often displayed with color codes ranging from light blue to dark red.
Earthquake intensity depends mainly on the magnitude and depth of the quake as well as the distance from the epicenter: The further away, the less shaking intensity occurs.
Read more about the MMI scale<\/a>!<\/p>\n
(*) Reports are filtered to exclude those that are likely highly inaccurate or esaggerated.
Only reports with latitude\/longitude coordinate positions given (46 in total) could be used for geographic statistics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Contribute:Leave a comment if you find a particular report interesting or want to add to it. Flag as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[273,111,139,69,147],"class_list":["post-549196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}