Pohang quakes damage some 2,000 houses, 227 schools
Social affairsNov 19, 2017
Some 2,000 houses have been damaged by a series of earthquakes as strong as 5.4 magnitude that hit the southeastern city of Pohang last week, the Ministry of Interior and Safety said Sunday. According to the ministry's National Disaster and Safety Control Center, 2,165 private properties have been reported to have been affected as of 5 a.m. Sunday by the earthquakes, of which 1,988 are private houses.The most frequent damage was done to roofs, with 1,789 cases being filed. The number of houses a