Earthquake — South Korea: Pohang

Quand

15 nov. 2017

Type

Séisme

Magnitude

5.5

Position

South Korea

Coordonnées

36.07° N, 129.28° E

Injuries

90

Damage musd

75.8

Intensity mmi

8

Depth km

10

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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