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  • While Korea's close neighbor Japan experienced devastating quakes and tsunamis, such natural

  • disasters were not much of a concern on this side of the East Sea.

  • But that perception is changing with a major tremor rattling the nation for the second

  • year in a row.

  • Lee Jeong-yeon has the full story.

  • South Korea was once again hit by an earthquake above magnitude five.

  • The tremors from the magnitude 5-point-4 earthquake were felt as far as Seoul, 300-kilometers

  • away from the epicenter in Pohang.

  • (stand-up) The earthquake in Pohang comes around a year

  • after the magnitude 5-point-8 earthquake that hit Gyeongju last year.

  • So amid growing concerns among the public that South Korea may not be an "earthquake-safe"

  • zone, here is what the expert has to say.

  • (Korean) "When we look at the earthquake patterns recorded

  • throughout South Korea's history, quakes have occurred everywhere on the peninsula.

  • They aren't limited to certain areas.

  • So we need to prepare for the possibility of the whole country being prone to big earthquakes

  • and take necessary precautions."

  • The expert explains that Pohang, where Wednesday's earthquake hit, is situated along what is

  • called an "active fault," a fault that has seen seismic activity during the last 10,000

  • years.

  • (Korean) "Through this earthquake, the fact that the

  • fault is active is now undisputable.

  • An active fault is always prone to earthquakes so we must keep a close watch on the region."

  • More than 40 aftershocks have occurred so far since the main tremor.

  • And although it had a lower magnitude than last year's quake, the Pohang quake has actually

  • caused more damage.

  • The main difference is that the depth of the of last year's Gyeongju earthquake was between

  • 11 and 16 kilometers, and its epicenter was in a less populated area near the reservoir,

  • but Wednesday's quake was just nine kilometers below the city in Pohang.

  • Experts say that for now, earthquakes are nearly impossible to predict, but scientists

  • are trying to improve earthquake prediction technology and to come up with more diverse

  • ways to warn the public... so as to minimize fatalities.

  • Lee Jeong-yeon, Arirang News

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S.韓國不再是 "地震安全 "區 連續兩年發生兩次5.0級以上地震 (S. Korea no longer 'earthquake-safe' zone... two magnitude 5.0+ quakes in two consecutive years)

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