According to the South Korean Yonhap News Agency, South Korea’s Meteorological Agency reported today, Saturday, that an earthquake of 4. 1 magnitude occurred in the town of Jawasan in the country’s centre. This is the largest earthquake to hit the Korean peninsula this year.
The agency claimed that the earthquake happened at a depth of 12 km and 11 km northeast of the town of Jawasan, the northern Chong Cheung district, during 8:27:49 local time.
A 4. 3 degree earthquake was first predicted by meteorology, however it later changed to a 4. 4 degree earthquake.
According to Yonhap, this is the strongest earthquake that hits the Korean peninsula this year, which is the thirty -eighth earthquake in terms of power at all in the country..
The year’s most powerful earthquake in South Korea is reported.
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