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Shaking videos

Seismic intensity is defined by what shaking does: people run outdoors, shelves empty, buildings crack. These clips show those effects as cameras recorded them, each rated from the effects our reviewer saw. Read across a row to see one level in different places; read down a column to see the same kind of place shaken harder and harder.

– means no clip yet: footage wanted. A clip can count in several settings, so the setting totals add up to more than 38. Settings are assigned from each clip's description and the effects our reviewer recorded.

MMI VIII, severe · Trees: 3 clips

The scale at VIII · Clear selection

Effects that mark this level:

  • General panic; people drop to the ground or try to run
  • Heavy furniture overturned and displaced
  • Chimneys, columns, walls or monuments fall
  • Brick buildings badly damaged; buildings partly collapse
  • Branches and trunks break
  • Sand or mud ejected from the ground

M7.7 12 km WSW of Pitaloza Arriba, Panama

2026-10-09 · USGS PAGER alert orange · USGS

M7.8 66 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia

2026-08-14 · USGS PAGER alert orange · USGS

M7.5 20 km W of Catia La Mar, Venezuela

2026-06-24 · USGS PAGER alert red · USGS

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