A 4.3-magnitude earthquake hit Tangshan City in Hebei Province at 4:06 p.m. BJT on Friday, causing no casualty and no major damage.
The epicenter, with a focal depth of 9 kilometers, was 47 kilometers from the center of Tangshan city, 150 kilometers from Tianjin. 15 earthquakes of magnitude three or above have occurred in the past five years within 200 kilometers of the epicenter, and the 5.1-magnitude tremor in 2020 was the biggest, said the China Earthquake Networks Center.
Tremors were also felt by many in nearby Beijing and Tianjin.
An industrial city in an earthquake zone, Tangshan was flattened by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in 1976, leaving numerous buildings and railway bridges damaged and killing at least 240,000 people.
