PRESS WEATHER NO. 178 - LOCALLY FELT EARTH TREMOR REPORT

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LOCALLY FELT EARTH TREMOR REPORT

 

(UPDATE) INITIAL ANALYSIS FROM THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY
INDICATED THAT AN EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 6.2 HAS OCCURRED
AT 10:15 P.M. ON 18 APRIL 2021 (SUNDAY) IN TAIWAN. THE
EPICENTRE IS LOCATED NEAR 23.98N, 121.57E, ABOUT 3
KILOMETRES WEST OF HUALIAN. (ABOUT 780 KILOMETRES
EAST-NORTHEAST OF HONG KONG.) 
 
EPICENTRE LOCATION MAP :
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV.HK/EN/GTS/EQUAKE/MAP.HTM 
 
THE OBSERVATORY RECEIVED MORE THAN TWENTY 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. VIBRATION LIKE PASSING OF
LIGHT TRUCKS. 
 
FOR DETAILED EXPLANATIONS ON THE MODIFIED MERCALLI
INTENSITY SCALE, PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV.HK/EN/GTS/EQUAKE/MMS.HTM

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:45 HKT ON 18.04.2021