Listed below are international publications and chapters from the Minerals Yearbook Volume III: Area Reports—International—Asia and the Pacific. These annual reviews are designed to provide timely statistical data on mineral commodities in various countries.

Sep 10, 2009 · This film presents a summary of the natural hazards of Hong Kong. Such natural hazards include earthquakes, typhoons, tsunamis, and landslides.

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5 days ago · People in New England, and in its geological extension southward through Long Island, have felt small earthquakes and suffered damage from infrequent larger ones since colonial times. Moderately damaging earthquakes strike somewhere in the region every few decades, and smaller earthquakes are felt roughly twice a year.

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In 1963, a set of 3-component long-period seismographs and another set of 3-component short-period seismographs from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) were installed in Hong Kong to form part of the U.S. Worldwide Standardised Seismograph Network (WWSSN).

Oct 3, 2024 · The Hong Kong Geological Survey has issued a number of geological memoirs, geological map sheets and reports. Here is the list.

Author: Chirag H Shah, Publisher: Science Data Management, Keywords: SDC, Science Data Catalog, USGS Data

This report describes the major findings on, and significant revisions to, Hong Kong Geological Survey 1:20,000-scale geological map Sheet 5 – Tsing Shan (Castle Peak), undertaken between 2012 and 2022.

Jan 13, 2025 · As a densely populated urban area with 3.2 percent arable land, Hong Kong relies on imports for 95 percent of its food supply, and all food and beverage product imports are duty-free with the exception of distilled spirits, whose duties were lowered in 2024 on value above the Hong Kong dollar (HKD) $200 ($25.64) per liter to 10 percent.