March 31, 2006 Earthquake: Jilin, Songyuan, Jilin Province, China
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Jilin, Songyuan, Jilin Province, China on March 31, 2006 at 12:23:17 UTC, 10 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- March 31, 2006
- Time
- 12:23:17 UTC
- Place
- Jilin, Songyuan, Jilin Province, China
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 44.624° N, 124.122° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Some (about 51 to 100)
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Some buildings destroyed and many damaged
in the Songyuan area. Felt in much of Jilin and in
parts of Liaoning, Heilongjiang and Nei Mongol. (above from reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
More
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 7235.