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The earthquake was roughly 140 miles east of Kunsan and the city of Gunsan last night around 2032L. A previous 5.1 earthquake preceded this one around 1944L. No significant damage or injuries reported as of midnight local time. Felt the 5.8 tremor from the quake here on Kunsan as well; lasted about 10-15 seconds.
A record magnitude-5.8 earthquake jolted most of South Korea, the country's meteorological agency said Monday.
The quake detected at 8:32 p.m. was the strongest tremor reported on the Korean Peninsula to date, being noticeably stronger than the magnitude-5.3 tremor that rocked the eastern Pyongan region in North Korea in January 1980, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said. It added that the epicenter was near the Naenam-myeon region some 8 kilometers south of the historic city of Gyeongju.
The earthquake was roughly 140 miles east of Kunsan and the city of Gunsan last night around 2032L. A previous 5.1 earthquake preceded this one around 1944L. No significant damage or injuries reported as of midnight local time. Felt the 5.8 tremor from the quake here on Kunsan as well; lasted about 10-15 seconds.
A record magnitude-5.8 earthquake jolted most of South Korea, the country's meteorological agency said Monday.
The quake detected at 8:32 p.m. was the strongest tremor reported on the Korean Peninsula to date, being noticeably stronger than the magnitude-5.3 tremor that rocked the eastern Pyongan region in North Korea in January 1980, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said. It added that the epicenter was near the Naenam-myeon region some 8 kilometers south of the historic city of Gyeongju.
Magnitude-5.8 earthquake jolts southeastern S. Korea
Posted from koreaherald.com
South Korea
Kunsan AB
Natural Disaster
Posted >1 y ago
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Just hearing this...spent the morning doing a 45 min survey instead of reading!
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I was sitting at my desk in my office when the 5.8 hit. My desk chair started to bounce up and down. I thought someone was running up and down the hall outside my office. I got up to see what they were doing and then realized, "That was not someone running!"
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