HK feels minor jolt: Observatory

The Hong Kong Observatory said Thursday that its seismic network has detected the locally felt tremor reported by residents. 

A shallow earthquake of magnitude 4.3 occurred at 1.17pm in Heyuan, Guangdong, the weather watchdog said.

HKO said it has received over 10 locally felt reports of the earth tremor, the duration of which was a few seconds. 

It added that the jolt is about a local intensity of III on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale, and the vibration was comparable to the passing of light trucks.