Hongkongers feel tremors as magnitude 4.3 quake strikes Guangdong's Heyuan
Hongkongers reported feeling tremors as a magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck about 170km (105.6 miles) north-northeast of the city on Thursday afternoon.
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The Hong Kong Observatory said that it had received more than 10 reports of residents experiencing earth tremors that lasted for several seconds.
The forecaster said that its initial analysis 'indicated that an earthquake of magnitude 4.3 occurred at 1.17pm on Thursday in Heyuan, Guangdong'. It added that the quake's epicentre was about 170km north-northeast of Hong Kong.
Last November, some residents also reported experiencing minor shaking following a magnitude 4.7 earthquake in Taiwan.
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