Posted on 09/12/2016 11:30:20 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Our top story is a historic natural disaster in a country that's not too prone to earthquakes. Magnitude 5.1 and 5.8 tremors jolted Korea's southeastern region. This is the strongest quake to rattle the nation's inland since the country started collecting data in 1978. Our Hwang Ho-jun is in Gyeongju the epicenter of the quake he 's live on the phone with us. Hojun what have we got so far?
Daniel. We have so far felt two tremors here in Gyeongju. The initial 5.1 foreshock was detected at 7:44 p.m., to be followed by a very strong earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale about 50 minutes later at 8:32 p.m Korea time. The second one was big enough to be felt all across South Korea, even detected from as far as Shanghai, China and Tsushima Island, Japan. Tables and chairs fell over as buildings shook quite a lot the residents here, including our crew and myself, ran out to the streets for open air. A series of aftershocks, smaller in size have been detected throughout the evening. The Korea Meteorological Administration announced that the epicenter was near Naenam-myeon region here in Gyeongju.
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When a second earthquake is stronger than the first one, the first one is then considered a pre-quake. The stronger one is never considered an aftershock.
What a coincidence I was in Changwon, South Korea last week... and I will be back in Korea this Friday... hope it settles down. I was in Sasebo in April when the deadly Kumamoto quakes went off earlier this year!
Gyeongju is in the southern part of South Korea. Last weekend’s nuke test was in the northern part of North Korea, about 400 miles away.
The two locations are separated by the waters of the Sea of Japan.
We had quakes of that magnitude several times per day when I was at Clark AB during the Pinatubo eruption.
Nevertheless, I reckon North Korea’s seismologists are carefully poring over the data to determine magnitude, depth, characteristics, etc.
Gyeongju?
Do I really have to post the jokes?
Best wishes for all in the zone.
It’s probably just a coincidence that this came so closely on the heels of the NorKor nuke test...and the SoKor’s promise to incinerate Pyongyang.
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