Thousands of Hongkongers on Friday called the Hong Kong Observatory after a magnitude 4.8 earthquake 180 kilometres away was felt in the city. Anxious residents reported by phone and online that...
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- May 23, 2013
- Updated: 7:45am
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Hong Kong felt tremors on Friday after a minor earthquake occurred in the mainland.
The Hong Kong Observatory said the 4.8-magnitude quake’s epicentre was in the Guangdong city of Heyuan,...
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