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.
| Level | Long period | Pools | Trees | Vehicles | Homes | Stores | Public spaces | Warehouse | Skyscraper | All |
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| IIWeak | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | |
| IIIWeak | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | |
| IVLight | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | |
| VModerate | No clips | No clips |
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No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | 1 |
| VIStrong | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips |
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No clips | No clips | 2 |
| VIIVery strong | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | |
| VIIISevere | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | |
| IXViolent | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | |
| XExtreme | No clips | No clips | No clips |
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No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | No clips | 1 |
| Clips per setting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
– means no clip yet: footage wanted. A clip can count in several settings, so the setting totals add up to more than 4. Settings are assigned from each clip's description and the effects our reviewer recorded.
4 clips, newest earthquake first.
M6.9 The 1989 Loma Prieta, California Earthquake
1989-10-18 · Event page and simulated animations · USGS
0:00 to 0:11
MMI VI
0:29 to 0:42
MMI X
0:02 to 0:34
MMI V
0:00 to 0:09
MMI VI
Every clip is embedded from YouTube and credited to the person or organization that published it. Intensity Lab does not own this footage. To ask for a clip to be removed, see copyright and removal requests.
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