Today, a magnitude 2.7 earthquake occurred in Heyuan City.

The Chinese Earthquake Network officially determined: At 16:31 on July 24th, a magnitude 2.7 earthquake occurred in the Yuancheng District of Heyuan City, Guangdong (23.73 degrees north latitude), and a magnitude of 8 kilometers occurred at a magnitude of 8 kilometers.

According to the Chinese earthquake network speed report, a total of 8 earthquakes have occurred in the past 5 years within 200 kilometers around the earthquake. The largest earthquake is a magnitude 4.1 earthquake in Huidong County, Huizhou City, Guangdong (distance (distance (distance (distance on March 14, 2022 This earthquake is 143 kilometers).

There are five major earthquake bands in Guangdong

According to data, Guangdong is located in the southeast coastal earthquake zone, with a background of destructive earthquakes. Judging from the existing records, there have been 12 earthquakes over 12 times in Guangdong and its nearby waters in the past century. According to the historical earthquake and the current small earthquake distribution images, combined with the main geological structure grids, the southeast coastal areas can be divided into 7 seismic activity bands, all of which are or part of the 5 areas in Guangdong Province.

1. Quanshan Earthquake Band

It extends northeast from the coastal coastline of Shantou, Guangdong to Wenzhou. The South Australian -Nanpeng area occurred in 1600 and 1918, respectively.

2. Heyuan Shaowu Earthquake Belt

The main line is based on the Heyuan -Shawu Fracture Belt, and the largest earthquake is a magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Heyuan in 1962.

3. Lianhua Mountain Earthquake Belt

Follow the sides of Lianhua Mountain to the north east to display, north to central Fujian, south to the south of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. The band has occurred 5 times of strong earthquakes.

4. Western Earthquake Belt

The Wuchuan -Four Clubs, which are parallel to each other, and the sides of the sides of the Guangzhou -Yangjiang Fracture, and it is displayed in the north east.

5. Lei Qiong Earthquake Belt

Including Hainan Island, Leizhou Peninsula and nearby waters. The largest earthquake was a magnitude 7.5 earthquake in Qiongshan in 1605.

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Source: China Earthquake Network Speed ​​News, Guangdong Science Popular Science Guangzhou Daily · Xinhuacheng Editor: Zhao Xiaoman

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