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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.5 - N of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

PNG Quake_230413
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Event Time
2013-04-23 23:14:42 UTC
2013-04-24 09:14:42 UTC+10:00 at epicenter

Location
3.920°S 152.127°E depth=17.8km (11.0mi)

Nearby Cities
31km (19mi) N of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
50km (31mi) NNW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
209km (130mi) SE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
284km (176mi) NE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
819km (509mi) NE of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.1 - Izu Islands, Japan region

Japan Quake_210413
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Event Time
2013-04-21 03:22:16 UTC
2013-04-21 12:22:16 UTC+09:00 at epicenter

Location
29.915°N 138.926°E depth=424.1km (263.5mi)

Nearby Cities
360km (224mi) SSW of Hachijo-jima, Japan
506km (314mi) SE of Shingu, Japan
523km (325mi) S of Oyama, Japan
526km (327mi) S of Shimoda, Japan
644km (400mi) S of Tokyo, Japan

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Earth Shaken: Flurry of powerful earthquakes rattle eastern region of the planet

A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit a remote, mostly rural and mountainous area of southwestern China's Sichuan province on Saturday, killing at least 156 people and injuring about 5,500 close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008. The earthquake, China's worst in three years, occurred at 8.02 a.m. (0002 GMT) in Lushan county near Ya'an city and the epicenter had a depth of 12 km (7.5 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said.
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The quake was felt by residents in neighboring provinces and in the provincial capital of Chengdu, causing many people to rush out of buildings, according to accounts on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo microblogging service. State media said 156 people had been confirmed dead with more than 5,500 injured. President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang said all efforts must be put into rescuing victims to limit the death toll. After arriving at the disaster zone by helicopter, Li directed earthquake relief efforts from a plaza in Longmen Township in Lushan, Xinhua said. Li asked that a road be opened to Baoxing County, one of the most affected by the earthquake, and that rescuers "act quickly" in their efforts, Xinhua quoted Li as saying. "The current most urgent issue is grasping the first 24 hours since the quake's occurrence, the golden time for saving lives," Xinhua news agency quoted Li as saying earlier. Xinhua said 6,000 troops were heading to the area to help with rescue efforts.

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Deadly quake strikes China's Sichuan province


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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.1 - SE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia

Russia Quake_200413
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Event Time
2013-04-20 13:12:51 UTC
2013-04-20 23:12:51 UTC+10:00 at epicenter

Location
50.140°N 157.225°E depth=20.2km (12.5mi)

Nearby Cities
98km (61mi) SE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
321km (199mi) SSW of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
337km (209mi) SSW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
348km (216mi) SSW of Yelizovo, Russia
2140km (1330mi) NE of Tokyo, JapanTechnical Details

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.6 - WSW of Linqiong, China

China Quake_200413
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Event Time
2013-04-20 00:02:47 UTC
2013-04-20 08:02:47 UTC+08:00 at epicenter

Location
30.284°N 102.956°E depth=12.3km (7.6mi)

Nearby Cities
50km (31mi) WSW of Linqiong, China
99km (62mi) ENE of Kangding, China
111km (69mi) NW of Leshan, China
114km (71mi) WSW of Chengdu, China
1065km (662mi) NNW of Ha Noi, Vietnam

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.0 - SE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia

Russia Quake_190413
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Event Time
2013-04-19 19:58:38 UTC
2013-04-20 06:58:38 UTC+11:00 at epicenter

Location
49.968°N 157.626°E depth=1.0km (0.6mi)

Nearby Cities
132km (82mi) SE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
334km (208mi) S of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
349km (217mi) SSW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
362km (225mi) S of Yelizovo, Russia
2148km (1335mi) NE of Tokyo, Japan

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 7.2 - ENE of Kuril'sk, Russia

Russia Quake_190413
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Event Time
2013-04-19 03:05:53 UTC
2013-04-19 15:05:53 UTC+12:00 at epicenter

Location
46.182°N 150.796°E depth=122.3km (76.0mi)

Nearby Cities
250km (155mi) ENE of Kuril'sk, Russia
521km (324mi) NE of Nemuro, Japan
527km (327mi) NE of Shibetsu, Japan
566km (352mi) ENE of Abashiri, Japan
1490km (926mi) NE of Tokyo, Japan

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Japan's volcanic island rocked by dozens of earthquakes

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More than a dozen earthquakes, one of them magnitude 6.2, rocked a volcanic island south of Tokyo Wednesday, the national meteorological agency said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or property damage from any of the quakes and no risk of a tsunami, the agency said. The biggest tremor, with its epicenter located near Miyake Island some 180 kilometers (110 miles) south of Tokyo, was registered at around 5:57 pm (0857 GMT), the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

"There may be slight changes in the level of sea along Japan's coast but there is no fear of damage resulting from this quake," the agency said. There had been 13 minor quakes near the island - an active volcano - since 10:15 am (0115 GMT) Wednesday. A small earthquake was also registered four minutes after the 6.2-magnitude tremor, the agency said. The volcano erupted in 2000, forcing all 3,800 islanders to evacuate. Many of them have since returned to the island. - ASIA ONE

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.8 - ESE of Aitape, Papua New Guinea

PNG Quake_160413
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Event Time
2013-04-16 22:55:26 UTC
2013-04-17 08:55:26 UTC+10:00 at epicenter

Location
3.178°S 142.514°E depth=8.0km (5.0mi)

Nearby Cities
19km (12mi) ESE of Aitape, Papua New Guinea
130km (81mi) WNW of Wewak, Papua New Guinea
145km (90mi) ESE of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
213km (132mi) ESE of Jayapura, Indonesia
863km (536mi) NW of Port Moresby, Papua New GuineaTechnical Details