Asia
Earthquakes in South Korea
Every earthquake in and around South Korea since 1900: how often it shakes, the strongest on record and the latest quakes. Offshore quakes within 300 km of its towns count too.
Past 30 days0M2.5+
Past year0M2.5+
Magnitude 6+1since 1900
StrongestM 6.21975 · 136 km ENE of Sokcho, South Korea
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Before the 1970s fewer stations were recording, so early years undercount the smaller quakes.
The strongest earthquakes in South Korea
- 6.2 136 km ENE of Sokcho, South Korea Jun 29, 1975
- 5.8 111 km ENE of Heunghae, South Korea Sep 7, 1963
- 5.8 121 km ENE of Heunghae, South Korea Sep 6, 1963
- 5.5 7 km SW of Heunghae, South Korea Nov 15, 2017
- 5.4 6km S of Gyeongju, South Korea Sep 12, 2016
- 5.3 78 km NE of Heunghae, South Korea May 29, 2004
- 5.2 153 km W of Sinan, South Korea Jul 25, 1994
- 5.2 152 km ENE of Tonghae, South Korea Sep 20, 1980
- 5.2 173 km WNW of Sinan, South Korea Oct 6, 1976
- 5.0 55 km ESE of T’aebaek, South Korea Feb 28, 1982
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 4.4 3 km NW of Puan, South Korea Jun 11, 2024
- 3.8 19 km SE of Gyeongju, South Korea Nov 29, 2023
- 3.9 45 km NE of Tonghae, South Korea May 14, 2023
- 3.2 South Korea Oct 28, 2022
- 4.6 South Korea Dec 14, 2021
- 4.6 163 km NW of Sinan, South Korea Aug 21, 2021
- 3.5 21 km WNW of Mungyeong, South Korea Jan 29, 2020
- 4.4 50 km NE of Tonghae, South Korea Apr 19, 2019
- 4.7 5 km SW of Heunghae, South Korea Feb 10, 2018
- 4.7 4 km WNW of Pohang, South Korea Nov 15, 2017
- 5.5 7 km SW of Heunghae, South Korea Nov 15, 2017
- 3.5 9km SSE of Gyeongju, South Korea Sep 21, 2016
- 4.6 10 km SSW of Gyeongju, South Korea Sep 19, 2016
- 5.4 6km S of Gyeongju, South Korea Sep 12, 2016
- 4.9 14km SW of Gyeongju, South Korea Sep 12, 2016