Posted on 05/31/2008 6:47:20 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
SEOUL, May 31 (Xinhua) -- A magnitude-4.2 earthquake struck South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju on Saturday, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported.
The earthquake erupted at 9:22 p.m. (1222 GMT) and left some residents and buildings in the island shaken, it said.
There have been no reports of injuries or property damage in the earthquake so far, Yonhap quoted unnamed weather officials as saying.
The quake is believed to have originated in the sea 78 km south of the island, South Korean weather officials said.
Must be mini-karma.
Kimshi pot reached critical mass and blew!
6.3 just hit Batan Phillipines
the plates are a shifting.
Well, Cheju is a volcanic island, just like Hawaii. I’ve been there. It’s gorgeous there.
Mag 5.0 is the usual cut off size of reportable earthquakes except certain USA seat locations that are unusually sensitive and report 2.5 or more.
5.4 2008/06/05 13:37:40 CENTRAL PERU
5.1 2008/06/05 11:02:05 GUAM REGION
5.4 2008/06/05 05:22:27 WEST CHILE RISE
5.3 2008/06/05 04:41:06 SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
5.0 2008/06/05 02:56:42NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
5.4 2008/06/05 02:16:48 WEST CHILE RISE
5.1 2008/06/04 21:28:27 TONGA REGION
5.7 2008/06/04 17:03:06 HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
5.1 2008/06/04 01:25:25 SULAWESI, INDONESIA
6.1 35 km (20 miles) SW of Patras, Greece
Hey, we just stacked that pillar up again!
5.1 in China, but not where the afterquakes are happening.
400 km (250 miles) NNE of Lhasa, Xizang (Tibet)
which is SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA
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