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Since 1978, when full scale seismic observation was first started, a total of 2,024 earthquakes have occurred in and around the vicinity of the Korean Peninsula(about 46 times per year) The earthquakes that magnitude is equal to or greater than 3.0, which is generally able to be sensed by ordinary people, have occurred about 10 times per year.

In this period, the activity of earthquakes in Korea was relatively high from '78 to '82, rather quiescent from '83 to '91, and the trend has been active again from '92 to present.

Frequency rate of earthquake occurrence per magnitude
Year 2.0≤M<3.0 3.0≤M<4.0 4.0≤M<5.0 5.0≤M Total
1978 1 1 2 2 6
1979 5 16 1 22
1980 10 5 1 16
1981 5 9 1 15
1982 2 8 3 13
1983 10 9 1 20
1984 12 7 19
1985 15 9 2 26
1986 3 12 15
1987 7 3 1 11
1988 2 4 6
1989 3 13 16
1990 12 3 15
1991 12 7 19
1992 8 4 3 15
1993 15 6 1 22
1994 13 7 4 24
1995 18 10 1 29
1996 25 12 2 39
1997 13 7 1 21
1998 25 6 1 32
1999 21 15 1 37
2000 21 8 29
2001 34 6 1 41
2002 38 10 1 49
2003 29 6 2 1 38
2004 36 5 1 42
2005 22 14 1 37
2006 43 7 50
2007 40 1 1 42
2008 36 9 1 46
2009 50 9 1 60
2010 37 5   42
2011 38 13 1 52
2012 47 9 0 56
2013 75 15 3 93
2014 41 7 0 1 49
2015 39 5     44
2016 218 30 1 3 252
2017 204 17 1 1 223
2018 110 4 1 115
2019 74 12 2 88
2020 63 5 68
2021 65 3 2 0 70

Earthquake Treands in and around of Korean Peninsula

Earthquake Trends

- Average number from 1978 to 1998 : 19.1
- Average number from 1999 to 2020 : 70.6
※ Observation tools : Analog type before 1998, Digital Type after 1999