Today (March 14) around 2:30 am, the earthquake was felt in many places in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Observatory announced at 2:40 am and received reports from the public that they felt the earthquake.
According to the preliminary analysis of the Hong Kong Observatory, at 2:29 am on March 14, 2022 (Monday), a magnitude 4.1 earthquake occurred near the coast of southeastern China. About 92 kilometers.
The Hong Kong Observatory received more than 8,000 reports from members of the public that they felt a slight tremor that persisted for several seconds.
Preliminary analysis shows that the seismic intensity in Hong Kong is IV(4) on the Revised Mercalli Scale, ie suspended objects sway.
Doors, windows, dishes rattled.
According to the China Earthquake Network Center, at 2:28 in the morning, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 was recorded in the waters of Huidong County, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, with a depth of 25 kilometers.
According to the longitude and latitude provided by the Observatory, it can be seen that the epicenter was located in the sea not far to the east of Hong Kong; and the 25-kilometer depth was also a very shallow earthquake, so the general public in Hong Kong felt the tremor and even woke up in their dreams.
After being woken up by the shock, many citizens left messages on the Internet, asking to determine whether there was an earthquake: "I thought it was a hallucination, but the cup is tied to the earthquake!"; some residents of Shatin said, "This is the first time I saw my own bunk bed. The shock system is shaking!".
The residents of Lantau Island said that "the refrigerator was buried under the shock, and the items on it, such as tea cups, made a tinkling sound!"
A Tai Po resident also pointed out that "it was obviously shaken two or three times to the left. The first time it was shaken for 1 second, it was very slight, and the second time it was clearly shaken three times!" It seems to be "On the overpass, there are a lot of heavy trucks passing through the isolation." Some netizens asked hilariously, "Everyone feels like the earthquake, I thought there was a ghost at the bottom of the sofa!" "Hong Kong 01" A reporter's apartment CCTV captured the computer screen shaking constantly.
According to the comments of most citizens, the earthquake time was about 5 to 10 seconds, and most of them felt one or two tremors.
However, what most citizens reflect and care about is: "Why don't you send an emergency alert?"
The red dot is the earthquake location.
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