The weather forecaster’s initial analysis indicated that the 4.0-magnitude earthquake occurred at 2.28pm in Guangdong’s Yangjiang, with the epicentre located about 260km (161.6 miles) west-southwest of Hong Kong.
The Observatory announced at 2.34pm that tremors had been detected by its seismic network.
“The epicentre is located near 21.75N, 111.77E, about 22km southwest of Yangjiang,” it said.
“The Observatory received over 100 locally felt reports of this earth tremor, the duration of which was a few seconds. Initial estimates gave a local intensity of [three] on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale, which is felt indoors. Vibrations like the passing of light trucks.”
Since the Observatory recorded locally felt tremors in 1905, a total of 176 of varying intensities have been registered.
