bodyType

customContents

entityId

entityUuid

articlePageQuery

filter

article

articleBaseAdvertisingInfoArticle

articleListArticle

articleSeoArticle

helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle

hooksArticleAcknowledgementGateOverlayArticle

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

hooksContentInterestArticle

articleLinkingDataContent

hooksAmpRedirectArticle

articleSchemaContent

liveArticle

advertZone

sentiment

contentLock

topics

types

sections

moreOnThisArticles

urlAlias

commentCount

authorLocations

authors

paywallTypes

corrections

sponsorType

displaySlideShow

multimediaEmbed

printHeadline

seriesContainer

socialHeadline

headline

flag

firstTopic

glossary

flattenTypeIds

publishedDate

additionalInfoBoxes

images

image

relatedLinks

relatedNewsletters

__typename

createdDate

sponsor

pdfFiles

seriesReverseOrder

series

disableOffPlatformContent

published

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

body

keywords

readingTime

customTimezone

liveContents

Lai Ying-kit

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, about 190 kilometres from Hong Kong.
The quake occurred at 11.34am on Friday and last a few seconds, the observatory said, adding that more than 100 reports were from residents feeling tremors.
No injuries have been reported so far.
The observatory said the intensity felt in Hong Kong was like vibration caused by passing of light trucks.
This was Heyuan’s second quake in a week. On Saturday another 4.8-magnitude quake jolted the city, with tremors felt in Hong Kong.
A resident in northwest New Territories, said she felt Friday’s shocks.
“I was sitting on a sofa at the time. I felt some vibrations. My glass windows clattered for a brief moment. It last about 2 seconds.” the woman, surnamed Lee, said.
Another resident, who was in his home on the 17th floor of a Kowloon Tong block at the time, said: “I was shaken for a sudden and felt like the whole flat swung a bit. I thought nothing else could have swung it like this.”
 


Hong Kong rattled by quake in Guangdong