Bulletin issued at 15:15 HKT 12/May/2008
A minor earth tremor was recorded by the Hong Kong Observatory at 2:31 p.m. today (Monday, 12 May 2008). A number of local residents reported to have felt this tremor, which lasted several seconds. According to these reports, the intensity of the tremor was estimated to be III (three) on the Modified Mercalli Scale of XII (twelve). Preliminary analysis placed the epicentre of the earthquake in Sichuan about 80 kilometres west-northwest of Chengdu or 1450 kilometres northwest of Hong Kong. The magnitude was estimated to be 7.6 on the Richter Scale.
