November 22, 2013 Earthquake: Songyuan, Jilin Province, China
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Songyuan, Jilin Province, China on November 22, 2013 at 22:04:25 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
- November 22, 2013
- Time
- 22:04:25 UTC
- Place
- Songyuan, Jilin Province, China
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Intensity
- III, weak shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 44.599° N, 124.168° E
- Country
- China
- Region
- East Asia
- USGS record
- The USGS’s page for this earthquake
The toll
- 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.
Magnitude estimates
The magnitudes the USGS catalog lists for this earthquake, by scale and by who computed them. NCEI’s own scales are in the table above.
| 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 |
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
About 15,900 people displaced and 5,300 houses damaged at Songyuan. Felt at Changchun, Changling and Songjianghe. (reference #13456)
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #13456 U.S. Geological Survey (2017 to present). Earthquake Hazards Program, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog of Earthquake Events and Products.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
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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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 10306. The written accounts and the magnitude estimates are from the USGS earthquake catalog, event usb000l4tb, matched to this record by time, place and magnitude.