Injuries and facility damage rise in quake-hit Pohang area
Social affairsNov 18, 2017
The number of victims injured by a 5.4-magnitude earthquake that hit South Korea's southeast earlier this week rose to 80, authorities said Saturday. The quake struck the port city of Pohang on Wednesday afternoon, with the tremors felt as far afield as Seoul, 360 kilometers away. It was the second-strongest earthquake recorded in the country, after last year's 5.8-magnitude quake in nearby Gyeongju.(Yonhap) The National Disaster and Safety Control Center said the number of injured people in