4.0 magnitude quake jolts northern Tuyen Quang province
VOV.VN - An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale hit the northern border province of Tuyen Quang on April 27, and fortunately it caused no casualties.
The quake occurred at 16:16 in Yen Lam commune of Ham Yen district, with epicenter at a depth of about 10km, according to Nguyen Xuan Anh, director of the Institute of Geophysics of Vietnam.
It caused no casualties, said local authorities.
People living in neighbouring provinces such as Yen Bai and Ha Giang also felt the tremors for several seconds.
The quake occurred in a place on the Song Lo (Lo River) fault that is more than 650km long and lies in parallel with the Red River and Chay River faults.
Along the fault, many earthquakes measuring between 4 - 4.9 on the Richter scale have been recorded.
