China earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake 39 km NNE of Changling, China

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 39 km NNE of Changling, China on Sat, Nov 23, 2013, 6:04 AM GMT+8 (22:04 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.3 (Mwr, regional moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sat, Nov 23, 2013, 6:04 AM GMT+8
UTC: 2013-11-22 22:04:25 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 44.599° N, 124.168° E
Region: China
Felt reports: 4
Strongest shaking: VII, very strong shaking
PAGER alert: Yellow
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.3	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.089
5.25	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.2	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Moment tensor · Preliminary
5.3	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Moment tensor · Reviewed

Deaths and damage

From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 10306), matched to this event by time and place.

Damage: Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
Houses damaged: 5,300

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

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Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: VII, very strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 40.4% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 2.6 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Estimated impact

The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.

Alert level: Yellow: some damage and deaths possible, a local or regional response

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Strike-slip
Moment magnitude: 5.2 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 227°, dip 37°, rake 156°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 336°, dip 76°, rake 56°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 26°
Stations used: 299

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000l4tb (also filed as iscgem603806647, atlas20131122220425). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:38 AM UTC.