Hijjah 13, 1431 / Nov. 19, 2010, SPA -- An earthquake measuring 2.8 on the Richter scale hit Shenzhen City in south China's Guangdong Province and neighboring Hong Kong Friday afternoon. The quake jolted an area covering parts of Nanshan and Bao'an districts of Shenzhen and Hong Kong at 2:42 p.m. (Beijing time), Xinhua quoted the Seismological Station of Guangdong as saying. The epicenter was monitored at 22.5 degrees north latitude and 113.9 degrees east longitude, with a depth of about 23 kilometers, said the station. More than 100 people were seen gathering at a square in Futian District in downtown Shenzhen minutes after the quake. There has been no reports of casualties in the tremor.
