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A magnitude 4.8 earthquake cracked walls, spilled items from store shelves and caused other minor damage in a fishing community in southwestern South Korea on Wednesday, but no injuries have been ...
SEOUL (Reuters) -A tsunami measuring under one metre (3.3 ft) reached South Korea's east coast in the wake of a massive earthquake that hit Japan on Monday, South Korea's meteorological agency ...
It one of the deadliest earthquake in Korean history, and one of the largest earthquake to occur inland on the Korean Peninsula between the years 2 AD and 1904. [1] The earthquake had an estimated moment magnitude of 6.7 to 7.0, [2] [3] and affected present-day North Gyeongsang Province. The maximum Modified Mercalli intensity was assigned IX.
779 Gyeongju earthquake: approx. M w 6.7–7.0, Speculated max. intensity IX. More than 100 people died and many houses collapsed. This is the deadliest recorded earthquake in South Korea. 1518 Seoul earthquake: approx. M w 6.7, Speculated max. intensity IX. 1643 Ulsan earthquake: approx. M w 6.7–7.4, Speculated max. intensity IX–X. Tsunami ...
A viral video shared on X purports to show a recent 7.0-magnitude earthquake that occurred in California. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck California near Humboldt County on Dec. 5, according to ...
The 2016 Gyeongju earthquake occurred on September 12 near Gyeongju, South Korea. [1] Measuring 5.8 on the local magnitude scale (5.4 M w), it was the strongest earthquake in the country [2] [3] until the following year. The 2017 Pohang earthquake caused more damage despite being equal in magnitude.
A deadly and historic November snowstorm paralyzed parts of South Korea on Wednesday, ... Baekam (13.1), Suwon (11.5) and Incheon (7.6) also saw large snow totals as reported by the KMA ...
On March 28, 1964, a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake in Alaska smashed into Crescent City hours later. Much of the business district was leveled and a dozen people were killed. More recently, a tsunami from a 2011 earthquake in Japan caused about $100 million in damages along the California coast, much of it in Crescent City. _____