San Agustin, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga Municipality, Jalisco (227.8 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / single lateral shake / 20-30 s : I was playing videogames then my chair started rolling, as I took of my headphones I can feel the shake increase and lasted for a good 20 seconds. I was noticed some furniture moving, shadows moving because light bulbs were moving. | 3 users found this interesting.
Los Reyes de Salgado, Michoacán de Ocampo (162.1 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Comencé a sentir como la cama templaba y escuché el tejaban moviéndose e incluso duró mucho tiempo en detenerse | 3 users found this interesting.
jocotopec (197.2 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / 5-10 s | 3 users found this interesting.
Palomar, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco (236.6 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) : Mild shaking SIDE to side | 4 users found this interesting.
Comala Colma Mexico / Light shaking (MMI IV) / complex motion difficult to describe / 30-60 s : Rattling swaying Pretty noisy hard to describe kind of like a cracking popping sound. It seems like it last anywhere from 45 to 60 minutes. my location is COMALA Colima Mexico | 2 users found this interesting.
Puerto Vallarta / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 15-20 s : I’m staying on the 6th floor of a hi-rise in the romantic zone of puerto Vallarta. This building is quite high up on the hill. I was startled by the building shaking back and forth. At first I thought it was my wife moving in bed but then I noticed the closet doors rattling. I went online and google confirmed the quake. The hi-rise that I’m staying in is on the hill directly above the pier. I’m not sure what type of ground these buildings in the area are built on. I don’t normally stay in tall concrete building because I’m afraid of heights so for me this was a bit unnerving. Likely it’s a brand new building with presumably better counter earthquake measures. | 2 users found this interesting.
La capilla, Ixtlahuacan de los membrillos (218.8 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s : En mi recámara, en segundo piso,Acostada en la cama, la cama sonó y movió como si saltarán en sima de ella, y el mueble de la tele tintineo, como si lo sacudieran. | 2 users found this interesting.
Jalisco tala los ruiseñores (246.9 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Estaba dormida y sentia que me meneaba y mi gato se asusto desperte y la cama aun seguia moviendose leve mente | 2 users found this interesting.
Puerto Vallarta / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 20-30 s : I on the third floor condo I could feel the building moving and bed swaying and the unpowered fan overhead shaking | 2 users found this interesting.
Calera, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco (218.2 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging : Fue como ligero temblor, las ventanas comenzaron a vibrar, soy de sueño ligero y me despertó con movimiento laterales, duro alguno minuto, comenzó algo fuerte y fue disminuyendo hasta parar | 2 users found this interesting.
Apatzingán Michoacán (136.6 km ENE of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) / 1-2 minutes : Estaba dormido se sintió un poco fuerte y poco a poco fue aumentando hasta que se calmo todo duro 2 minutos | 2 users found this interesting.
San Clemente de Lima, Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit (312.6 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 10-15 s : Me levante hacer del baño y de pronto sentí como si me hubieran movido, al inicio si se sintió fuerte, pero fue disminuyendo. Durando asi como unos 12 segundos | 2 users found this interesting.
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Union de Tula, Jalisco (180.8 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 5-10 s : Start it rattiling and vibrating movement and then stops | 3 users found this interesting.
Puerto Vallarta (302.4 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 20-30 s : Bottles fell over, closet was rattling, outside door came open. I stood up and the floor was moving making me unsteady. 10th floor of Raintree Club Regina Resort, Puerto Vallarta | One user found this interesting.
Fluvial Vallarta / Very strong shaking (MMI VII) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 30-60 s : First sounded loud like train rumbling through the building (19th floor) swayed horizontally. Drawers opened. Had to hang on to walk. Lasted 40-50 seconds. Grand Venetian. | One user found this interesting.
Barra de Navidad, San Patricio, Jalisco / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / complex motion difficult to describe / 15-20 s : It woke us out of a deep sleep, I thought it was a dream. We’re sleeping on a concrete base bed and it seemed to move but was probably the whole house. | One user found this interesting.
Puerto Vallarta Mx / Strong shaking (MMI VI) / both vertical and horizontal swinging / 1-2 minutes : Major rumblings artwork banging on walls, potted plant s dumped over, heard to walk, a dizzying effect | One user found this interesting.
Tlajomulco de Zúñiga enJalisco (218.2 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s : Estaa en mi cama y sentí como sé movía de un lado a otro y mire el ventilador moviéndose a los lados y escuché el portón como sé movía y escuché a los perros del fraccionamiento ladrar mucho y mis gatos sé levantaron de asustados en la cama | One user found this interesting.
Puerto Vallarta / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / rattling, vibrating / 15-20 s : Street and sidewalk were moving like jello. Multiple surfaces moving in different directions at different rates. | One user found this interesting.
Bucerias Nayarit / Weak shaking (MMI III) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s : Strong enough to make me move side to side while seated. Chair felt like it was moving and towels movingdwkeekekj | One user found this interesting.
Tecomàn, Colima (88.7 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / both vertical and horizontal swinging / 5-10 s : Was a pretty good shaker. I sleep hard and it did not wake me up at first but my husband woke me up and I felt that last several seconds of it. A lot of rattling and shaking, not a roller | One user found this interesting.
Aquila Michoacán (10.1 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / both vertical and horizontal swinging / 1-2 minutes : I was sleeping and then I heard the earthquake 6.4 I went running straight outside my adrenaline kick of, that was the worst earthquake I’ve ever felt | One user found this interesting.
Puerto Vallarta / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 1-2 minutes : I was on the 11th (top) floor of a condo building at the Puerta Vallarta marina and awoke to a crackling sound that I could not identify. Then the tower began swaying, and it felt to me like a very strong quake. It lasted long enough to frighten me. I thought I heard objects fall but afterwards saw nothing amiss. There was a loud thump, however, and power went out. Then I heard alarms going off outside. Electricity was restored in about five minutes. | One user found this interesting.
Apatzingan / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 10-15 s : It felt weird as it was my first time, i was thr first to wake up but oddly enough I wasn’t too scared but I have God to thank, it wasn’t too bad to big, the earthquake i mean and it was rather the world beneath me vibrating | One user found this interesting.
Manzanillo, Colima (116.1 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / single lateral shake / 20-30 s : Awake sitting in a chair in my house, shaking began very softly lasting a long time, unsure exactly how long. I´d say after about 20 seconds the shaking intensified making something fall off a shelf in the other room. About 5 seconds like that and it started to diminish and 5 seconds later it was over. | One user found this interesting.
Loma dorada, Tonalá, Jalisco (239 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / single lateral shake / 2-5 s : Estaba en mi cama jugando con mi celular, cuando sentí una sacudida ligera que iba lateralmente | One user found this interesting.
Jiquilpan (188.2 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / horizontal (sideways) swinging : Bead frame shaking loud against the wall to wake up all members of the house while everyone was sleeping. Dogs and other making noise. | One user found this interesting.
Tecario Michoacan / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 20-30 s | One user found this interesting.
Ajijic Jalisco Mexico (202.1 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / rattling, vibrating / 5-10 s : I was asleep in bed. I’ve been in quakes before. There are no trains nearby. No traffic at this hour. But I felt the bed rumbling. I believe Ajijic is on a fault line.
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Note: Only reports with latitude/longitude coordinate positions given (631 in total) could be used for statistics.
What is Intensity and the Mercalli Intensity Scale?
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!
Notes
(*) Reports are filtered to exclude those that are likely highly inaccurate or esaggerated.
Only reports with latitude/longitude coordinate positions given (631 in total) could be used for geographic statistics.
