This is a list of earthquakes in North Korea. Many of these in these in the 21st century have been attributed to nuclear weapons testing.
Date | Region | Mag. | MMI | Deaths | Injuries | Total damage / notes | Source |
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1810-02-19 | North Hamgyong Province | 7.3 Mw | IX | Largest earthquake ever recorded | [1] | ||
1944-12-19 | Liaoning | 6.6 Mw | VII | [2] | |||
1952-03-19 | North Hwanghae Province | 6.4 Mw | VI | [3] | |||
1960-10-08 | North Hamgyong Province | 6.8 Mw | II | [4] | |||
1973-09-29 | Rason | 6.5 Mw | [5] | ||||
1990-05-11 | Rason | 6.3 Mw | [6] | ||||
2006-10-03 | Punggye-ri | 4.2 Mw | Explosion | ||||
2009-05-25 | Punggye-ri | 4.7 Mw | Explosion | [7] | |||
2010-02-18 | Primorsky Krai | 6.9 Mw | [8] | ||||
2013-02-12 | Punggye-ri | 5.1 Mw | VI | Explosion | [9] | ||
2013-04-05 | Primorsky Krai | 6.3 Mw | III | [10] | |||
2016-01-06 | Punggye-ri | 5.1 Mw | VII | Explosion | [11] | ||
2016-09-09 | Punggye-ri | 5.3 Mw | VIII | Explosion | [12] | ||
2017-09-03 | Punggye-ri | 6.3 Mw | VIII | 12 | 150 | Explosion | [13] |