A three-point-zero magnitude earthquake jolted parts of Gyeonggi Province on Tuesday evening.
The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said the quake occurred at 6:08 p.m. with the epicenter eight kilometers north of Siheung.
It's not uncommon for South Korea to experience small earthquakes, and browsing the Earthquake Information page from the KMA---from whence the map below comes---you can get maps for others over the past few years.
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Earthquakes of this size should make people grateful. When tectonic plates shift, they build up pressure over time. Releasing that pressure is a good thing. Having a 3.0 earthquake now means that there won't be a 4.0 earthquake a couple years from now.
They only ever get more powerful as time goes on.
I was sitting in a chair at my house last night and felt it. I felt it enough to immediately jump up and head towards my wife and son who were in the kitchen. I asked my wife if she felt it but she didn't, I played it off as maybe a large construction vehicle going by or something. I live in Iteawon and felt it pretty good, I hate to feel a 7 or 8 magnitude quake.
We Californians eat 3.0 earthquakes for breakfast!
I actually saw that when I was on the plane back from Indonesia... The news was subtitled in English, but didn't give much in the way of information.
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