China News Agency, Guangzhou, February 5th (Reporter Wang Jian) An earthquake of magnitude 3.2 occurred at 11 o'clock on the 5th in Sanshui District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, and the earthquake was felt strongly at the epicenter.
People in Foshan, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other places said they felt the quake.
There have been no reports of casualties or property damage.
According to the official measurement of the China Seismic Network, at 11:38 on the 5th, a magnitude 3.2 earthquake occurred in Sanshui District, Foshan City (23.27 degrees north latitude, 112.95 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 8,000 meters.
The Guangdong Provincial Seismological Bureau revealed that the epicenter of the earthquake was located near Leping Town, Sanshui District, Foshan City, 14 kilometers from the urban area of Sanshui District, 32 kilometers from the urban area of Foshan City, and 35 kilometers from Guangzhou City.
The earthquake was felt strongly at the epicenter.
No reports of casualties or property damage have been received so far.
Many Foshan citizens expressed through social platforms that they felt the earthquake.
"I was watching TV, and suddenly I felt that the coffee table was shaking, and the room was also shaking." Mr. Li, a citizen of Foshan, said.
Ms. Lu, who lives in Liwan, Guangzhou, also said that when the earthquake happened, she was eating lunch in the house, and suddenly felt the room shaking, and the chandelier in the house was also shaking slightly.
According to the China Earthquake Network Quick Report catalog, a total of 9 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or above have occurred within 200 kilometers around the epicenter of the earthquake in the past five years. The largest earthquake was a magnitude 3.7 earthquake that occurred in Dongyuan County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province on April 2, 2021. The earthquake (171 kilometers away from the epicenter) and the 3.7-magnitude earthquake that occurred in Yangxi County, Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province on March 20, 2018 (201 kilometers away from the epicenter).
According to the Guangdong Provincial Seismological Bureau, 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 or above will occur in the original earthquake area in the near future.
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