South Korea statistics the number of earthquakes on the Korean Peninsula

According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Seoul, on March 27, the Korea National Meteorological Administration (KMA) said that the number of earthquakes in 2021 increased by 2 matches compared to the number of 68 recorded in 2020 and equivalent to the average level. an annual average of 70.6 since the country started digitally tracking related data in 1999. Of the 70 earthquakes, 65 were magnitudes 2 to 3; 3 earthquakes with magnitudes from 3 to 4 and 2 with magnitudes from 4 to 5. Of the above earthquakes, 16 were recorded in North Korea and surrounding waters. In addition, there were 672 earthquakes of magnitude less than 2.

According to the KMA, the strongest earthquake took place in December 2021, with a magnitude of 4.9, off the resort island of Jeju, southern South Korea, but did not cause casualties.

2016 was the year with the most earthquakes recorded on the Korean Peninsula – 252, followed by 2017 with 232.