Hong Kong observatory recorded a 3.7-magnitude earthquake in Heyuan, Guangdong, at 5:40 am today, while over a hundred citizens felt the earthquake.
The Observatory indicated that the earthquake was near the coast of Southeastern China.
The epicentre located near 23.85N, 114.50E. That was about 23 kilometres west-northwest of Heyuan, Guangdong, and about 180 kilometres north of Hong Kong.
The Observatory received around a hundred locally felt reports of this earth tremor, the duration of which was a few seconds.
It said that the initial estate gave a local intensive of two on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale, which persons could feel at rest, upper floors, or favourably placed.
The epicentre located near 23.85N, 114.50E. That was about 23 kilometres west-northwest of Heyuan, Guangdong, and about 180 kilometres north of Hong Kong.
The Observatory received around a hundred locally felt reports of this earth tremor, the duration of which was a few seconds.
It said that the initial estate gave a local intensive of two on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale, which persons could feel at rest, upper floors, or favourably placed.