Earthquakes in China and Japan

SW China earthquake 

injures 8

China.org.cn,,

20 February, 2013

Eight people have been confirmed injured in an earthquake near the border area of southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces on Tuesday, local authorities said.

The 4.9-magnitude quake, which occurred at 10:46 a.m. with an epicenter 6 km deep, toppled 72 houses and damaged 949 others in Yunnan's Qiaojia County as of 7:30 p.m., the county government said.

The injured, including two people in serious condition, have been sent to local hospitals.

"Many people ran out of buildings when the quake came, but there was no falling debris. The shopping mall resumed business shortly after," a mall shopper in the county said.

Rescue work is underway and local civil affairs authorities have dispatched relief materials such as tents and quilts to the area, the county government said.

The quake was followed by two more in Sichuan Province that both registered above magnitude 4.

A 4.5-magnitude quake jolted Yibin City, Sichuan Province, at 3:55 p.m., and another 4.7-magnitude quake hit Mianyang City at 10:17 p.m., according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

Casualties and damages from the two quakes are not yet known.

Moderate Earthquake Shakes Tokyo

Live Science,,

19 February, 2013

An offshore earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.6 shook Tokyo today, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

The temblor's epicenter was 32 miles (52 km) east of Ohara, Japan, and 77 miles (124 km) east-southeast of Tokyo. It originated 21.7 miles (35 km) deep and struck at 9:27 p.m. local time (1227 UTC), the USGS reports.

There was light to moderate shaking around Tokyo and nearby Chiba, according to the USGS, but no immediate reports of damage.

SRC	Location	UTC Date/time	M	D	INFORMATION
ER	I Felt A (not Listed) Strong Earthquake	Feb 19 23:59 PM	4.6	0	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Tonga	Feb 19 22:29 PM	5.7	34	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Tonga	Feb 19 22:28 PM	5.8	49	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Tonga Islands	Feb 19 22:28 PM	5.6	43	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 19 22:15 PM	5.0	47	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 19 22:15 PM	5.0	36	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 19 22:15 PM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Southeastern China	Feb 19 19:21 PM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Guangxi, China	Feb 19 19:21 PM	4.7	2	MAP I Felt It INFO
Baise, China - woke up after the bed shaking and thought it was my husband but quickly realized it was an earthquake. Didn't find out till 3 hours later where it happened. Nanning - Sixth floor, shaking for a few seconds, right and left shaking. Nanning - Seventh floor, bed was shaking for a few seconds. Pingguo - I cannot sleep. At first I thought an over sized truck came nearby. Woke up. Lastly I realized it was an earthquake. Bama - A lot of people were walking down to the street and on the square.
GEOFON	Fiji Islands Region	Feb 19 19:01 PM	4.7	543	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Fiji Region	Feb 19 19:01 PM	4.8	537	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Western Greenland	Feb 19 16:57 PM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Western Greenland	Feb 19 16:57 PM	4.5	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Celebes Sea	Feb 19 16:42 PM	4.4	37	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Celebes Sea	Feb 19 16:42 PM	4.5	37	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Mindanao, Philippines	Feb 19 15:13 PM	4.6	119	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Mindanao, Philippines	Feb 19 15:13 PM	4.7	132	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Feb 19 14:17 PM	4.5	2	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Feb 19 14:17 PM	4.5	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
Meizhou Huayuan, Chengdu - Lasted about 15-20 seconds. Santai County, China - The hotel started shaking and the rumble of the area was like freight trains. After shocks numbering 2. The hotel building was still shaking 30 minutes later
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Feb 19 14:17 PM	4.8	6	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Eastern Mediterranean Sea	Feb 19 12:34 PM	4.4	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Near The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	Feb 19 12:27 PM	5.6	35	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	Feb 19 12:27 PM	5.3	26	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	Feb 19 12:27 PM	5.4	44	MAP I Felt It INFO
Tsukuba, Japan - Building shook noticeably for 1 minute. Tokyo - on 12th floor of hotel in Tokyo. Felt like boat swaying gently. Light shade visibly swinging. Hanger heard swinging and tapping door in wardrobe. Yokosuka - 14th floor of Yokosuka hotel. Bed slightly swaying and closet door slight rattling. Could definitley tell it was an earthquake, so turned on NHK and saw report of 5.8 about 3 mins later. Yokosuka - 7th floor movement side to side 6 floor Hilton Narita - light to medium swaying of the hotel. lasted about 45 seconds. Yokohama - On 6th floor of hotel. Distinct shaking that lasted for maybe 45 seconds, although that may include residual building shake. Palace Hotel, Tokyo - Noticeable swaying, lots of noise and creaking in the room, fixtures swaying. Seemed to last around a minute.
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 19 11:52 AM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 19 11:52 AM	4.8	3	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	Feb 19 11:52 AM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Sunda Strait, Indonesia	Feb 19 11:08 AM	5.1	52	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Sunda Strait, Indonesia	Feb 19 11:08 AM	5.0	30	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Sunda Strait, Indonesia	Feb 19 11:08 AM	4.9	35	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	South Sandwich Islands Region	Feb 19 08:07 AM	4.9	91	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	South Sandwich Islands Region	Feb 19 08:07 AM	4.8	80	MAP I Felt It
USGS	South Sandwich Islands Region	Feb 19 08:07 AM	4.9	83	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	Feb 19 07:55 AM	4.5	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Eastern Sichuan, China	Feb 19 07:55 AM	4.7	48	MAP I Felt It
Chengdu - Shakes were enough to visibly start my cup of water to ripple
USGS	Eastern Sichuan, China	Feb 19 07:55 AM	4.6	32	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Taiwan	Feb 19 06:52 AM	4.5	17	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Western Iran	Feb 19 04:56 AM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Western Iran	Feb 19 04:56 AM	4.7	12	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 19 03:09 AM	4.7	53	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 19 03:09 AM	4.7	49	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Santa Cruz Islands Region	Feb 19 03:09 AM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Sichuan-yunnan-guizhou Rg, China	Feb 19 02:47 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Yunnan, China	Feb 19 02:47 AM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Sichuan-yunnan-guizhou Region, China	Feb 19 02:47 AM	4.9	9	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Taiwan	Feb 19 02:12 AM	4.5	16	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Kepulauan Sula, Indonesia	Feb 19 01:49 AM	4.8	45	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Southern Molucca Sea	Feb 19 01:49 AM	4.7	47	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Kyrgyzstan	Feb 19 00:36 AM	4.5	20	MAP I Felt It INFO

Earthquakes occurred yesterday (UTC time), but today local time

Southern Xinjiang, China

Feb 18 21:24 PM

M 4.6

Depth 17 km