South Korean Earthquakes


Historial South Korea Earthquakes
In the past, South Korea used to have serious earthquakes that impacted its history. For instance, South Korea had a range of magnitudes between 6.7-7.5 in its own history. These higher/ powerful magnitude of the earthquakes include: Gyeongju which was approximately 6.7-7.0 magnitude in 779; In 1518 in Seoul there was an approximately 6.7 magnitude; In 1643, Ulsan approximately  6.7-7.4 magnitude; and  in Yangyang, approximately 7.5 in 1681. Fortunately, South Korea has lowered to a 6 magnitude since 1978. Also, South Korean earthquakes are always equal or stronger than magnitude 5.0.
[ 1978 and later Earthquakes in South Korea ]

South Korea Magnitude
There are plenty of earthquakes in South Korea that are lower than 5.0 magnitude in the area, but some of them have equal or higher than a 5.0 magnitude ( lower than 6.0 magnitude). This map and statistic show magnitudes in South Korea.

Statistic on Korean Peninsula


[ Korean Peninsula ]

Map on South Korea


[ South Korea Magnitude ]

 For example, in 2017, there were South Korean earthquakes with lower magnitudes, this statistic shows low activity in the area.  Under 3.0 magnitude, the table show 180 earthquakes in South Korea.


[ 2017 South Korea Earthquake ]

 From 2000 to 2017,  South Korean Earthquakes have increased. The total number of earthquakes is 197. from 2000 to 2017, which the statistic demonstrates. 
Number of South Korea Earthquakes
Their website to track earthquakes is called [ earthquaketrack ]. Below is an image to show how it looks.

They have stations that monitor earthquakes in South Korea, and they provide information to the public at [ Earthquake Monitoring ]
If you want know and read about earthquakes in South Korea, there is an article that talks about it at [ Fracking-South-Korean-Earthquake ]



Comments

  1. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2018 at 9:03 AM

    Hi Luis,

    Great job on your post, I really liked the pictures. Its amazing and scary to know that South Korea experiences earthquakes magnitudes of equal or stronger than 5.0 frequently, especially since the country is not very large.

    -Guadalupe Villicana

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2018 at 2:46 PM

    Luis, this is a very good post. I found it interesting how you actually managed to find all the information of historical earthquakes of that area all together. I certainly had a lot of trouble trying to find that information since my country is Peru and their is always seismic activity. I guess thats a good thing that earthquakes in South Korea have been pretty low, but I wonder what this sudden increase in earthquakes mean.

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  3. UnknownSeptember 8, 2018 at 1:45 PM

    Wow Luis, this was a very insightful blog about Korea's earthquakes. It seems Korea has had its share of violent earthquakes. Is this due to where the Tectonic plates are located? Also, I found it quite interesting from 2000 to 2017 that the amount of earthquakes increased, is there a reason for this? Other than my question, this was a helpful blog.

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  4. Ana GGSeptember 8, 2018 at 3:50 PM

    Very complete post-I specifically liked that map with the magnitude of the main quakes...you can easily see they affect most of the country... they have a few medium sized ones too [5 ]. I hope they are preparing and investing in readiness, education and warning systems.

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  5. UnknownSeptember 8, 2018 at 8:41 PM

    Wow you did an outstanding post! I love all the detail you used especially the map since I am such a visual person. You can tell there has defiantly been some disasters earthquakes.

    Best,

    Ashley Davis

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