According to the National Earthquake Monitoring Center, at 1:41 am today, a 3.4 magnitude earthquake occurred in the offshore area at the junction of Dongtai City and Dafeng City, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province (33 degrees north latitude, 120.5 degrees east longitude). Since the earthquake occurred in the offshore area, more than ten kilometers away from the mainland, and with not a high magnitude, it did not have much impact on the local residents. When reporters called several local residents in Dafeng District, Yancheng City, they said that because the earthquake happened in the wee hours of the morning, they were all sound asleep and completely unaware of it.