Earthquake Today

faheem.kazi
By faheem.kazi

Did anybody notice earthquake today 30th March 2012 between 5:30pm to 6:00pm in Qatar, followed by sandstorm & rain ? I felt so when I was in Aspire zone.

By ghazalz• 9 Apr 2013 20:53
ghazalz

Yes

By CLAIREFRANCIS• 9 Apr 2013 15:35
CLAIREFRANCIS

Anybody noticed the earthquake?

By lawa• 31 Mar 2012 02:07
lawa

AT THAT TIME I WENT OUTSIDE THERE WERE STRONG WINDS BUT NOT ANY EARTHQUICK..............

By Elegance• 31 Mar 2012 01:43
Elegance

Maybe a Landcruiser with an arab school boy passed through your street.. :-) :-(

By every_mothers_nightmare• 31 Mar 2012 01:33
every_mothers_nightmare

Yeah you are right there was one.... small one though.

By Strom• 31 Mar 2012 01:30
Strom

u must have saw how much ur wife has spend in villagio....... and u felt earthquack.....it happened to my husband all the time :-)....

jokes apart...i dont think so....

By Molten Metal• 31 Mar 2012 00:37
Molten Metal

... you felt hungry immediately after your discovery ?

By Molten Metal• 31 Mar 2012 00:11
Molten Metal

what you experienced .. your body swaying or what ?

For how many seconds ... ?

By asterix---• 31 Mar 2012 00:04
Rating: 4/5
asterix---

I was Watching TV at that Time, Didn't Noticed as well...

All of a Sudden Windows started to Rattle, by Sand Storm/Heavy Winds & Then Rain, which is still pouring down over Doha and the Surroundings....

By britexpat• 31 Mar 2012 00:03
britexpat

Perhaps you are right. I was with a friend and she said that "Earth moved for her" :O)

By britexpat• 31 Mar 2012 00:03
britexpat

Perhaps you are right. I was with a friend and she said that "Earth moved for her" :O)

By faheem.kazi• 31 Mar 2012 00:01
Rating: 4/5
faheem.kazi

These quakes are at UTC time close to one I felt

First

Magnitude mb 4.6

Region VERACRUZ, MEXICO

Date time 2012-03-30 14:38:58.0 UTC

Location 17.81 N ; 94.35 W

Depth 174 km

Distances 431 km E Puebla (pop 1,392,099 ; local time 08:38:58.7 2012-03-30)

26 km SE Minatitlán (pop 150,895 ; local time 08:38:58.7 2012-03-30)

29 km S Nanchital (pop 25,982 ; local time 08:38:58.7 2012-03-30)

Global view

Source parameters not yet reviewed by a seismologist

More information at:

USGS/NEIC Denver, USA

Second

Magnitude ML 2.6

Region EASTERN TURKEY

Date time 2012-03-30 14:49:50.7 UTC

Location 39.15 N ; 42.28 E

Depth 10 km

Distances 223 km SW Yerevan (pop 1,093,485 ; local time 19:49:50.7 2012-03-30)

120 km SE Erzurum (pop 420,691 ; local time 17:49:50.7 2012-03-30)

6 km N Bulanik (pop 31,430 ; local time 17:49:50.7 2012-03-30)

By ghazalz• 31 Mar 2012 00:01
ghazalz

I didn't notice it

By britexpat• 30 Mar 2012 23:59
Rating: 2/5
britexpat

I think you must be mistaken. If it had occurred , then it would have been on the news and there would have been a dozen threads on QL :O)

By Molten Metal• 30 Mar 2012 23:55
Molten Metal

Were you sitting on ground or wailking ?

By faheem.kazi• 30 Mar 2012 23:48
Rating: 4/5
faheem.kazi

To be very precise between 5:40pm to 5:50pm

By Molten Metal• 30 Mar 2012 23:36
Molten Metal

No.

What actually made you feel like one ?

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