Earthquake

Earthquake — South Korea: Pohang

15 Nov 2017 · South Korea

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When
15 Nov 2017
Kind
Earthquake
Magnitude
5.5
Where
South Korea
Coordinates
36.07° N, 129.28° E
Injuries
90
Damage musd
75.8
Intensity mmi
8
Depth km
10

2017 Pohang earthquake

Earthquake in South Korea

The 2017 Pohang earthquake, measuring magnitude 5.4 on the local magnitude scale, struck Heunghae, Pohang, South Korea on November 15, 2017, and the hypocenter was 7 km below the surface. It is tied with the 2016 Gyeongju earthquake as the country's strongest earthquake in modern history since seismological observations started in Korea in 1978, and the most destructive ever recorded with "an estimated 300 billion wo…

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