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Witness location : (Japan) (18 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Strong vertical shakes. Alarms heard from my cellphones. There was an announcement from City using speakers near my home, telling that there is a big earthquake.

Witness location : Mihama (Japan) (28 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

The early warning system for earthquake woke us up from our sleep, then a light to moderate shaking occurred. It probably lasted for 10 seconds.

Witness location : (Japan) (34 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Woke me up. Lasted 10 seconds at least. Bed swayed a lot and building creaked but nothing fell over.

Witness location : Tokyo (Japan) (34 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

I could feel my bed wiggling and I could hear noices in the ceiling and walls. The blinds were rattling.

Witness location : (Japan) (34 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

quick big shake..

Witness location : (Japan) (37 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 553 min

Early Warning interuppted the nesting after work fairly abrupt.3 seconds afterwards everything started to shake for atleast 15 seconds.Pretty strong one!

Witness location : (Japan) (39 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Looooooong. Woke me up

Witness location : Tokyo (Japan) (42 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Aussie visiting!!

I've never felt an earthquake. So that was a little bit scary.

The bed bounced, and I could hear something rattle.

Witness location : (Japan) (43 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1097 min

Got woken by emergency alert through the mobile phone network - shaking very noticeable lasted 20 seconds or more

Witness location : (Japan) (43 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 235 min

That was a really strong one for me. Woke me from my sleep, also because of the phone warning system. Quite sustained shaking for some seconds before subsiding.

Witness location : (Japan) (47 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Phone alert hit seconds before the earthquake. More swaying, this time with sound.

Witness location : (Japan) (48 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Slight shaking. The early warning system sounded, but there was only a slight shake on the 1st floor in yoga city.

Witness location : (Japan) (53 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Lots of swaying but nothing fallying off shelves in Kashima

Witness location : Kohoku (Japan) (54 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Relatovely strong jolt. But no book fell from bookshelf.

Witness location : (Japan) (56 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

I woke up by quake after long time.

Witness location : Kohoku (Japan) (57 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Very long! Like 30-45 seconds ?

Witness location : (Japan) (58 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Muy fuerte segundo movimiento esta madrugada a las 2:08 am como de grado 6

Witness location : (Japan) (61 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Shook my bed and rattled windows for about 15 seconds.

Witness location : (Japan) (73 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

I was up around 2am, I felt shaking and heard my wine glasses clanking/vibrating against each other. Persisted for a solid 30 seconds or so then subsided.

Witness location : (Japan) (74 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

It lasted for less than a minute

Witness location : (Japan) (77 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Foi bem forte. Objetos caíram no chão

Witness location : (Japan) (79 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 366 min

Woke me up when I was sleeping. Bed was shaking and there was horizontal swaying on the second floor