[앵커]
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake occurred in Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province.
Fortunately, there was no damage, but there were many residents who felt the shaking and called the fire department one after the other.
Reporter Heo Seong-jun reports.
[기자]
It is Apo-eup, Gimcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do.
Around 3:17 PM, an earthquake happened here.
It had a magnitude of 3.2 and the depth of the epicenter was 14 km.
Due to the earthquake, a magnitude 3 tremor was sent to North Gyeongsang Province and North Chungcheong Province.
At this level, a person in a room, especially in a tall building, can clearly feel the vibration.
[오세만 / 경북 김천시 아포읍 : 일하고 있는데 창문이 흔들리더라고요. 손님이 들어오면서 그런 줄 알았는데…. 경주 지진이 생각나서 김천도 이제 안전하지는 않겠다라는 생각을 했습니다.]
In Daegu, Daejeon, and Gyeongsangnam-do, more than 50 km away, magnitude 2 shaking continued.
There was no major damage, but dozens of ‘reports of regret’ that felt the vibrations had been received by the fire department and the police.
[김자손 / 경남 함양군 수동면 : 진동을 느낄 때 대형 화물차가 땅 밑으로 지나가는 느낌이었고, 일어나는 순간 옆에 있는 축사에서 소들이 놀라서 난리를 내면서….]
There have been 73 earthquakes of magnitude 2.0 or greater on the Korean Peninsula this year, slightly more than the average of 70.6 over the past 20 years.
The largest of these was the magnitude 4.1 earthquake that occurred in Goesan County, North Chungcheong Province on October 29.
This is Heo Seong-jun’s YTN.
YTN Heo Seong-jun (hsjk23@ytn.co.kr)
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