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.
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.
ReplyDeleteThey 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.
ReplyDeleteWe Californians eat 3.0 earthquakes for breakfast!
ReplyDeleteI 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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