The 2016 Gyeongju earthquake occurred on September 12 near Gyeongju, South Korea.

[1] Measuring 5.8 on the local magnitude scale (5.4 Mw), it was the strongest earthquake in the country[2][3] until the following year.

The 2017 Pohang earthquake caused more damage despite being equal in magnitude.

An hour before, at 07:44:32 local time, a ML 5.1 foreshock occurred.

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