China News Agency, Guangzhou, March 8th (Wang Jian and Song Xiujie) A 4.5-magnitude earthquake occurred in Dongyuan County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province at 5:00 on March 8th.
The earthquake was felt strongly in the urban area of Heyuan, Guangdong, and in the Pearl River Delta.
The China Seismic Network officially determined that at 5:15 on March 8, a magnitude 4.5 earthquake occurred in Dongyuan County, Heyuan City (23.84 degrees north latitude, 114.52 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.
The epicenter was located near Xinhuilong Town, Dongyuan County, 12 kilometers from Xichang Town, Dongyuan County, 21 kilometers from Yuancheng District, Heyuan City, and 151 kilometers from Guangzhou City.
According to the Guangdong Seismological Bureau, the earthquake was felt strongly in Heyuan City, and in the Pearl River Delta.
No reports of casualties or property damage have been received at the epicenter, and the local people are in a stable mood.
According to the news from the railway department, due to the impact of the Heyuan earthquake, some trains passing through the Jiangxi-Shenzhen High-speed Railway between Heyuan North and Boluo North Stations were suspended, and some trains between Tuocheng and Huizhou Stations on the Beijing-Kowloon Railway were running at speed limits.
According to the analysis of the Guangdong Provincial Seismological Bureau, the epicenter of this earthquake is about 20 kilometers away from the Heyuan-Shaowu fault, and within 100 kilometers of the epicenter, there have been four earthquakes of magnitude 5 or above. The largest earthquake was 6.1 in Heyuan, Guangdong on March 19, 1962. magnitude earthquake, 19 kilometers away from the epicenter.
The most recent earthquake of magnitude 3 or above was a magnitude 4.3 earthquake that occurred in Yuancheng District, Heyuan City on February 11, 2023, 15 kilometers away from the epicenter.
After the earthquake, the Guangdong Seismological Bureau held a video meeting with the China Earthquake Network Center and the Guangdong Emergency Management Department to deal with the emergency in a timely manner.
At present, the Guangdong Seismological Bureau immediately established a joint working group with the Provincial Emergency Management Department, dispatched the first batch of 5 people; and dispatched an on-site working team to set up a mobile seismic station to strengthen monitoring.
The Guangdong Provincial Seismological Bureau stated that based on a comprehensive analysis of the structural characteristics near the epicenter of the earthquake, historical seismic activity, types of earthquake sequences, and geophysical anomalies, it is unlikely that an earthquake of magnitude 5.0 or above will occur in the original earthquake area in recent days.
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