STRONG EARTHQUAKE REPORT

 

INITIAL ANALYSIS FROM THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY INDICATED
THAT AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.0 HAS OCCURRED AT 10:11
P.M. ON 24 JULY 2016 (SUNDAY) (HONG KONG TIME) IN CENTRAL
MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE. THE EPICENTRE IS LOCATED NEAR 0.9N,
28.9W, ABOUT 1200 KILOMETRES EAST-NORTHEAST OF FORTALEZA.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 22:30 HKT ON 24.07.2016