Thursday, 21 February 2013

Earthquakes in China and Japan


SW China earthquake 
injures 8


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



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
USGS
Tonga
Feb 19 22:29 PM
5.7
34
EMSC
Tonga
Feb 19 22:28 PM
5.8
49
GEOFON
Tonga Islands
Feb 19 22:28 PM
5.6
43
EMSC
Santa Cruz Islands
Feb 19 22:15 PM
5.0
47
USGS
Santa Cruz Islands
Feb 19 22:15 PM
5.0
36
GEOFON
Santa Cruz Islands
Feb 19 22:15 PM
5.0
10
GEOFON
Southeastern China
Feb 19 19:21 PM
4.6
10
EMSC
Guangxi, China
Feb 19 19:21 PM
4.7
2
  • 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
EMSC
Fiji Region
Feb 19 19:01 PM
4.8
537
GEOFON
Western Greenland
Feb 19 16:57 PM
4.6
10
EMSC
Western Greenland
Feb 19 16:57 PM
4.5
10
EMSC
Celebes Sea
Feb 19 16:42 PM
4.4
37
GEOFON
Celebes Sea
Feb 19 16:42 PM
4.5
37
GEOFON
Mindanao, Philippines
Feb 19 15:13 PM
4.6
119
EMSC
Mindanao, Philippines
Feb 19 15:13 PM
4.7
132
EMSC
Eastern Sichuan, China
Feb 19 14:17 PM
4.5
2
GEOFON
Sichuan, China
Feb 19 14:17 PM
4.5
10
  • 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
USGS
Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Feb 19 12:34 PM
4.4
10
USGS
Near The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan
Feb 19 12:27 PM
5.6
35
GEOFON
Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan
Feb 19 12:27 PM
5.3
26
EMSC
Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan
Feb 19 12:27 PM
5.4
44
  • 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
EMSC
Santa Cruz Islands
Feb 19 11:52 AM
4.8
3
USGS
Santa Cruz Islands
Feb 19 11:52 AM
4.8
10
GEOFON
Sunda Strait, Indonesia
Feb 19 11:08 AM
5.1
52
EMSC
Sunda Strait, Indonesia
Feb 19 11:08 AM
5.0
30
USGS
Sunda Strait, Indonesia
Feb 19 11:08 AM
4.9
35
GEOFON
South Sandwich Islands Region
Feb 19 08:07 AM
4.9
91
EMSC
South Sandwich Islands Region
Feb 19 08:07 AM
4.8
80
USGS
South Sandwich Islands Region
Feb 19 08:07 AM
4.9
83
GEOFON
Sichuan, China
Feb 19 07:55 AM
4.5
10
EMSC
Eastern Sichuan, China
Feb 19 07:55 AM
4.7
48
  • 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
EMSC
Taiwan
Feb 19 06:52 AM
4.5
17
EMSC
Western Iran
Feb 19 04:56 AM
4.6
10
GEOFON
Western Iran
Feb 19 04:56 AM
4.7
12
USGS
Santa Cruz Islands Region
Feb 19 03:09 AM
4.7
53
EMSC
Santa Cruz Islands Region
Feb 19 03:09 AM
4.7
49
GEOFON
Santa Cruz Islands Region
Feb 19 03:09 AM
4.6
10
EMSC
Sichuan-yunnan-guizhou Rg, China
Feb 19 02:47 AM
5.0
10
GEOFON
Yunnan, China
Feb 19 02:47 AM
4.9
10
USGS
Sichuan-yunnan-guizhou Region, China
Feb 19 02:47 AM
4.9
9
EMSC
Taiwan
Feb 19 02:12 AM
4.5
16
EMSC
Kepulauan Sula, Indonesia
Feb 19 01:49 AM
4.8
45
GEOFON
Southern Molucca Sea
Feb 19 01:49 AM
4.7
47
EMSC
Kyrgyzstan
Feb 19 00:36 AM
4.5
20


Earthquakes occurred yesterday (UTC time), but today local time
Southern Xinjiang, China
Feb 18 21:24 PM
M 4.6
Depth 17 km



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