A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Hoko in South Korea. The temblor was reported at 05:03:04 / 5:03 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 129.2923° East, 36.0723° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/02/18 / 2018-02-10 20:03:04 / February 10, 2018 @ 8:03 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d0cy. Unique identifier: us2000d0cy.
Close country/countries, South Korea (c. 48 423 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimhae, Changnyeong, Kijang (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Daegu (c. 2 566 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Ulsan (c. 962 900 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Pohang (c. 500 000 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Kimhae (c. 356 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Gumi (c. 291 000 pop), 27 km (16 miles) from Kyonju (c. 155 200 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Gyeongsan-si (c. 129 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 7 km NW of Hoko, South Korea.
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