The picture shows China Earthquake Network shows a magnitude 2.7 earthquake occurred in Heyuanyuan urban area, Guangdong. Screenshot of China Earthquake Network
China News Network Heyuan July 24 (Yan Xinyang and Song Xiujie) According to China Earthquake Network, a magnitude 2.7-magnitude earthquake occurred in Yuancheng District, Heyuan City, Guangdong at 16:31 on July 24, 2022, with a depth of 8 kilometers. As of press time, there are no reports of casualties and property losses in the public.
It is understood that the epicenter is located at 23.73 degrees north latitude and 114.61 degrees east longitude. The average altitude within 5 kilometers of the epicenter is about 261 meters. According to statistics from China Earthquake Network, there have been 8 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or above within 200 kilometers around the epicenter in the past five years. The largest earthquake was a magnitude 4.1 earthquake that occurred in the waters of Huidong County, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province on March 14, 2022 (143 kilometers away from this epicenter).
According to the Guangdong Provincial Earthquake Information Network query Guangdong (1970 to 2019), there have been 58,633 earthquakes in Guangdong in the past half century, with magnitude 4-4.9, accounting for 0.38%; magnitude 5-5.9, accounting for 45 magnitude 5-5.9, accounting for 0.77‰. There are 6 magnitudes 6-6.9, and 2 magnitudes 7-7.9. The epicenter of this earthquake was also on the Heyuan- Shaowu fault zone. Over the past 50 years, a total of 29,899 earthquakes have occurred in the Heyuan area of the fault zone, including 46 magnitude 4-5 earthquakes. A magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred in the area on March 19, 1962. After the earthquake in
, many local people in Heyuan posted on their circle of friends that the earthquake had a clear tremor and could feel the slight shaking of the houses and beds. They said that there are several shocks every year, and earthquakes are commonplace for them and their lives have not been affected. According to the Heyuan Municipal Earthquake Bureau, there are no reports of casualties and property losses in this earthquake.
It is reported that the Shaowu-Heyuan fault zone starts from north to Chong'an in the north, connects to the south through Shaowu and connects to the Shicheng- Ruijin -Xunwu fault zone in Jiangxi, and extends southwest into Heyuan, Guangdong. (End)
