LOCALLY FELT EARTH TREMOR REPORT


 

(UPDATE) INITIAL ANALYSIS FROM THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY
INDICATED THAT AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.2 HAS OCCURRED
AT 10:55 P.M. ON 12 OCTOBER 2019 (SATURDAY) IN GUANGXI. THE
EPICENTRE IS LOCATED NEAR 22.18N, 110.51E, ABOUT 230
KILOMETRES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NANNING. (ABOUT 380 KILOMETRES
WEST OF HONG KONG.) 
 
EPICENTRE LOCATION MAP :
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV.HK/GTS/EQUAKE/MAP_E.HTM 
 
THE OBSERVATORY RECEIVED OVER A THOUSAND LOCALLY FELT
REPORTS OF THIS EARTH TREMOR, THE DURATION OF WHICH WAS A
FEW TO OVER TEN SECONDS. INITIAL ESTIMATE GAVE A LOCAL
INTENSITY OF III (THREE) ON THE MODIFIED MERCALLI INTENSITY
SCALE, THAT IS FELT INDOORS, WITH SWINGING OF HANGING
OBJECTS. 
 
FOR DETAILED EXPLANATIONS ON THE MODIFIED MERCALLI
INTENSITY SCALE, PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV.HK/GTS/EQUAKE/MMS_E.HTM

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:16 HKT ON 13.10.2019