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[Toju]

My house just shook!!!!

That's the second one I have felt in Korea.

[eamo]

Ha!

Whose thread on this will they delete? Delete this one!!

[PeteJB]

Yeah I felt it too. Scared the crap out of me.

[Toju]

[PeteJB]

That's strange because I always assumed Earthquakes in Korea were too small to be felt.

[Toju]

No - there was a definite shake and rumble.

The last was not long after Apocolypto was released cos I was watching it when it hit.

[PeteJB]

For me though it was 6:12, not 6:08. Aftershocks from a quake somewhere? Anyone checked the news?

[zool]

didnt feel anything here, in Daehwa, northwest of Seoul.

[PeteJB]

My friend felt it somewhat in the north east of Seoul, and I am down in the south west. Very unusual.

[cazador83]

6:08 here for me. i had never never felt an earthquake before so i asked my gf if she felt it, and she did too. we both live in different parts of seoul (dongjak-gu and gangnam) so i figured it was an earthquake at that point.

[xCustomx]

Lasted about 2 seconds in Suwon, but felt the house shake. It was nothing compared to the 6.8 quake I felt in 2001 in Seattle

[Paul Ajosshi]

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2010/02/09/0302000000AEN20100209009300315.HTML

Minor quake reported near Seoul




SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- An earthquake of magnitude 3.0 occurred on the southwest outskirts of Seoul Tuesday evening, the Korea Meteorological Administration said.

The quake hit an area about 8 kilometers north of Siheung, Gyeonggi Province, at 6:08 p.m., the administration said, adding no casualties or property damage were reported.

[djsmnc]

I felt it near Dongdaemun

[Forward Observer]

Wonder if the Norks are testing underground nukes again...

[Rteacher]

The South may also have decided that it needs to test nukes too (and reports of small quakes could be coordinated intelligence cover...)

Of course, that probably isn't the case (but it is possible...)