This is the moment dozens of pigs jumped from their sleep as a 4.3-magnitude earthquake violently shook the farm.

The animals were seen collectively breaking out of their slumber in CCTV footage captured inside a farm in Yangjiang, in China's southern Guangdong Province on the night of November 4.

Video shows them jumping up on all fours and crowding by the concrete walls in search of exit moments before the entire structure violently shook for several seconds.

According to the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC), the 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck close to the nearby city of Enping at 7:24 pm that day.

At least five more aftershocks were reportedly felt within the next half hour, with the largest measuring a magnitude of 1.3.