Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Pyongyang
Pyongyang, North Korea · population 3,222,000. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year0M2.5+
Since 190018M4.5+, 2 of them M6+
How often M6+63 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Pyongyang. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 6.6 27 km WSW of Langtoucun, China Dec 19, 1944
- 6.3 3 km ENE of Chunghwa, North Korea Mar 19, 1952
- 5.6 12 km NE of Anak, North Korea Apr 23, 1952
- 5.1 Liaoning, China Jan 11, 2000
- 5.1 8 km WNW of Ayang-ni, North Korea Feb 14, 1982
- 5.0 136 km SW of Ongjin, North Korea Mar 31, 2014
- 5.0 37 km WNW of Xiuyan, China Nov 29, 1999
- 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 15 km SE of Hwangju-ŭp, North Korea Oct 15, 1988
The latest nearby
- 4.6 90 km SSE of Zhangzi, China Apr 28, 2024
- 3.6 South Korea Jan 8, 2023
- 3.8 32 km E of Koksan, North Korea May 11, 2020
- 3.6 10 km W of Chunghwa, North Korea Jun 27, 2019
- 4.6 29 km NW of Xiuyan, China Dec 18, 2017
- 5.0 136 km SW of Ongjin, North Korea Mar 31, 2014
- 4.8 80 km WSW of Ongjin, North Korea May 17, 2013
- 4.1 34 km SE of Haicheng, China Jan 1, 2009
- 4.7 34 km N of Xiuyan, China Nov 2, 2008
- 4.7 25 km NNE of Pyeongchang, South Korea Jan 20, 2007
- 4.7 130 km ENE of Yatou, China Mar 30, 2003
- 4.0 34 km ESE of Dashiqiao, China Jun 16, 2002
- 3.9 49 km WSW of Changyŏn, North Korea Mar 17, 2002
- 4.3 35 km ESE of Dashiqiao, China May 23, 2000
- 5.1 Liaoning, China Jan 11, 2000