Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Hoeyang
Hoeyang, Kangwŏn-do, North Korea · population 21,111. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year0M2.5+
Since 190015M4.5+, 3 of them M6+
How often M6+42 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Hoeyang. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 6.8 108 km SSE of Kilju, North Korea Oct 8, 1960
- 6.3 3 km ENE of Chunghwa, North Korea Mar 19, 1952
- 6.2 136 km ENE of Sokcho, South Korea Jun 29, 1975
- 5.6 12 km NE of Anak, North Korea Apr 23, 1952
- 5.2 152 km ENE of Tonghae, South Korea Sep 20, 1980
- 5.1 8 km WNW of Ayang-ni, North Korea Feb 14, 1982
- 5.0 55 km ESE of T’aebaek, South Korea Feb 28, 1982
- 5.0 25 km SSW of Sakchu-ŭp, North Korea Jan 7, 1980
- 4.8 80 km WSW of Ongjin, North Korea May 17, 2013
- 4.8 20 km W of T’aebaek, South Korea Dec 13, 1996
The latest nearby
- 3.9 45 km NE of Tonghae, South Korea May 14, 2023
- 3.6 South Korea Jan 8, 2023
- 3.2 South Korea Oct 28, 2022
- 3.8 32 km E of Koksan, North Korea May 11, 2020
- 3.5 21 km WNW of Mungyeong, South Korea Jan 29, 2020
- 3.6 10 km W of Chunghwa, North Korea Jun 27, 2019
- 4.4 50 km NE of Tonghae, South Korea Apr 19, 2019
- 4.0 178 km SE of Iwŏn-ŭp, North Korea Mar 23, 2017
- 4.8 80 km WSW of Ongjin, North Korea May 17, 2013
- 3.6 164 km ENE of Sokcho, South Korea Apr 20, 2008
- 4.7 25 km NNE of Pyeongchang, South Korea Jan 20, 2007
- 4.6 15 km NW of Changam-ch’on, North Korea Apr 16, 2002
- 3.9 49 km WSW of Changyŏn, North Korea Mar 17, 2002
- 4.8 20 km W of T’aebaek, South Korea Dec 13, 1996
- 4.8 15 km SE of Hwangju-ŭp, North Korea Oct 15, 1988