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List of locally felt earth tremors since 1979

The Hong Kong Observatory recorded altogether 54 locally felt earth tremors. The detail information of these felt tremors were as follows:

No.	Date	Origin Time (HKT)	Epicentre Location	Epicentre (Lat Long)	Magnitude	Intensity	Distance & Bearing from Hong Kong	Number of Local Felt Reports
1.	08 May 1980	10:37	Over the sea east of Shantou, Guandong	23.4 N 117.4 E	4.2	II	360 km Bearing 70 degree	2
2.	18 June 1980	17:32	Over the sea southeast of Taiwan	22.0 N 121.6 E	5.8	II	760 km Bearing 90 degree	A few
3.	09 April 1981	09:04	Haifeng, Guangdong	23.0 N 115.4 E	4.2	III-IV	150 km Bearing 60 degree	A few
4.	04 May 1981	19:05	Heyuan, Guangdong	23.8 N 114.7 E	4.8	II	180 km Bearing 20 degree	A few
5.	25 February 1982	08:39	Southern Longnam,Jiangxi	24.7 N 114.8 E	4.4	III-IV	270 km Bearing 10 degree	9
6.	30 August 1982	04:23	Over the sea east of the Lantau Island, Hong Kong	22.3 N 114.0 E	1.5	III-IV	18 km Bearing 270 degree	12
7.	07 October 1982	22:13	Over the sea east of the Lantau Island, Hong Kong	22.3 N 114.0 E	1.5	III-IV	18 km Bearing 270 degree	12
8.	24 June 1983	15:18	Northwestern Vietnam	21.7 N 103.3 E	6.6	IV	1120 km Bearing 270 degree	24
9.	06 December 1983	22:26	Mai Po, Hong Kong	22.5 N 114.0 E	2.8	IV	28 km Bearing 320 degree	12
10.	24 April 1985	00:15	Central Luzon, the Philippines	15.3 N 120.6 E	6.3	III-IV	1030 km Bearing 140 degree	5
11.	28 January 1986	07:14	Yangjiang, Guangdong	22.0 N 111.5 E	4.1	III-IV	280 km Bearing 260 degree	9
12.	19 February 1986	19:40	Luzon Strait	18.9 N 121.3 E	5.6	III	830 km Bearing 120 degree	20
13.	25 February 1987	22:28	Yangjiang, Guangdong	21.7 N 111.6 E	4.1	II-III	270 km Bearing 260 degree	20
14.	25 April 1987	20:17	Central Luzon, the Philippines	16.1 N 120.3 E	6.3	III	940 km Bearing 140 degree	10
15.	02 August 1987	17:08	Xunwu, Jiangxi	24.9 N 115.6 E	4.9	III-IV	330 km Bearing 30 degree	28
16.	03 August 1987	07:19	Xunwu, Jiangxi	25.1 N 115.6 E	4.7	III	350 km Bearing 20 degree	7
17.	15 August 1987	01:00	Xunwu, Jiangxi	25.1 N 115.6 E	4.0	III	340 km Bearing 20 degree	2
18.	15 September 1987	10:05	Heyuan, Guangdong	23.8 N 114.5 E	4.7	III	170 km Bearing 10 degree	23
19.	26 November 1989	00:14	Heyuan, Guangdong	23.7 N 114.6 E	5.1	II-III	160 km Bearing 10 degree	18
20.	12 March 1991	14:04	Tainan, Taiwan	23.2 N 120.1 E	5.6	III	600 km Bearing 80 degree	2
21.	21 September 1991	23:37	Heyuan, Guangdong	23.9 N 114.5 E	4.2	IV	170 km Bearing 10 degree	18
22.	14 September 1992	21:16	Over the sea northeast of Dongsha Dao	21.4 N 117.8 E	5.4	III-IV	380 km Bearing 100 degree	18
23.	16 September 1994	14:20	Southern part of Taiwan Strait	22.5 N 118.7 E	7.3	V-VI	470 km Bearing 90 degree	105
24.	21 December 1994	19:22	Southern part of Taiwan Strait	22.4 N 118.7 E	5.2	III	460 km Bearing 90 degree	3
25.	31 December 1994	10:57	Beibu Wan	20.5 N 109.3 E	5.7	IV	540 km Bearing 250 degree	6
26.	10 January 1995	18:10	Beibu Wan	20.2 N 109.2 E	5.5	IV	570 km Bearing 250 degree	10
27.	25 February 1995	11:15	Over the sea east of Xiamen, Fujian	24.3 N 118.7 E	4.9	III-IV	510 km Bearing 60 degree	4
28.	26 March 1995	11:24	Over the sea south of Xiachuan Dao, Guangdong	21.0 N 112.4 E	4.2	III-IV	230 km Bearing 230 degree	5
29.	11 May 1995	09:59	Over the sea east of the Lantau Island, Hong Kong	22.3 N 114.1 E	3.1	IV-V	12 km Bearing 260 degree	47
30.	29 May 1995	09:47	Over the sea east of the Lantau Island, Hong Kong	22.3 N 114.0 E	2.4	II	18 km Bearing 270 degree	2
31.	29 May 1995	15:05	Over the sea east of the Lantau Island, Hong Kong	22.3 N 114.0E	2.2	II	18 km Bearing 270 degree	3
32.	12 November 1995	13:43	Meizhou, Guangdong	23.9 N 115.8 E	4.3	III	240 km Bearing 40 degree	8
33.	05 March 1996	22:52	Over the sea east of Taiwan	24.1 N 122.2 E	6.4	II-III	840 km Bearing70 degree	2
34.	06 September 1996	07:42	Over the sea southeast of Taiwan	21.9 N 121.5 E	6.9	III	760 km Bearing 90 degree	5
35.	20 October 1996	08:04	Over the sea south of Dangan Islands	21.8 N 114.5 E	3.6	III	70 km Bearing 150 degree	3
36	22 May 1997	21:22	Luzon Strait	18.9 N 121.3 E	6.1	III	830 km Bearing 120 degree	20
37.	11 August 1997	08:53	Heyuan, Guangdong	23.7 N 114.6 E	4.0	II	160 km Bearing 20 degree	2
38.	25 March 1999	06:10	Heyuan, Guangdong	23.7 N 114.6 E	4.4	III-IV	160 km Bearing 20 degree	30
39.	20 August 1999	01:15	Heyuan, Guangdong	23.7 N 114.6 E	4.5	IV	160 km Bearing 20 degree	29
40.	21 September 1999	01:47	Central Taiwan	23.8 N 121.0 E	7.7	IV	710 km Bearing 80 degree	47
41.	26 September 1999	07:53	Central Taiwan	23.7 N 121.2 E	6.5	III-IV	730 km Bearing 80 degree	8
42.	30 September 1999	13:24	Dapeng Peninsula, Guangdong	22.5 N 114.5 E	3.8	III-IV	40 km Bearing 60 degree	19
43.	22 October 1999	10:19	Central Taiwan	23.4 N 120.5 E	5.9	IV	660 km Bearing 80 degree	16
44.	22 October 1999	11:10	Central Taiwan	23.4 N 120.5 E	5.6	IV	660 km Bearing 80 degree	18
45.	12 December 1999	02:04	Central Luzon, the Philippines	15.8 N 119.7 E	7.3	III-IV	930 km Bearing 140 degree	15
46.	11 June 2000	02:24	Central Taiwan	23.8 N 121.2 E	6.4	III-IV	740 km Bearing 80 degree	5
47.	22 April 2001	01:52	Yangjiang, Guangdong	21.8 N 111.7 E	4.6	III	260 km Bearing 260 degree	8
48.	31 March 2002	14:53	Over the sea east of Taiwan	24.3 N 122.2 E	7.4	III-IV	850 km Bearing 70 degree	15
49.	10 December 2003	12:38	Over the sea southeast of Taiwan	23.0 N 121.4 E	6.8	III-IV	740 km Bearing 80 degree	13
50.	17 September 2004	02:31	Yangjiang, Guangdong	21.7 N 111.9 E	4.9	III	240 km Bearing 250 degree	39
51.	15 October 2004	12:09	Over the sea east of Taiwan	24.5 N 122.7 E	6.7	III	900 km Bearing 70 degree	2
52.	14 September 2006	19:53	Over the sea area around Dangan Island	22.0 N 114.3 E	3.5	IV	36 km Bearing 160 degree	200+
53.	26 December 2006	20:26	Over the sea near Southern Taiwan	21.8 N 120.6 E	7.2	III-IV	660 km Bearing 90 degree	300+
54.	12 May 2008	14:28	Sichuan	31.021 N 103.367 E	8.0	III	1440 km Bearing 310 degree	30+

Information of the 12 May Sichuan Earthquake


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