Country risk monitor
South Korea: live earthquakes, disasters and events
Updated · Data from USGS, NASA EONET and GDACS
GlobalRisk has not recorded any earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or above, active natural events or Orange/Red disaster alerts located in South Korea in the last 30 days. A quiet feed is not a guarantee of safety: coverage depends on what our sources report, and events outside the thresholds we track are not shown.
Recent events in South Korea
No events to list.
Frequently asked questions
Has there been an earthquake in South Korea today?
GlobalRisk has not recorded any earthquake of magnitude 2.5 or above in or near South Korea in the past 24 hours. Smaller quakes are not tracked, and reports can lag by several minutes.
What is the strongest recent earthquake in South Korea?
No earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or above have been recorded in or near South Korea in the last 30 days.
Are there active disaster alerts for South Korea?
GlobalRisk has no Orange or Red GDACS alerts for South Korea in the last 30 days. Check local authorities for official warnings.
Where does this information come from?
Earthquakes come from the USGS, natural events from NASA EONET and disaster alerts from GDACS. GlobalRisk normalizes them, assigns each event to a country using its coordinates, and links to the original report. See the methodology page for details.
Safety and background
These guides explain how the hazards in this region are measured and what to do when they occur:
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Latest headlines
Headlines are linked from their original publishers via Google News. GlobalRisk does not host or edit this content.
- Is the Korean Peninsula moving closer to war? — Asia Times
- Opinion | This peninsula is an economic powder keg. A blast could cost trillions. — The Washington Post
- Cross-border tensions rising on Korean Peninsula — World Socialist Web Site
- South Korea Raises Wildfire Penalties to Five Years — 조선일보
- North Korea fires missiles as row over landmine blast intensifies — Al Jazeera
- Almost a million extra mines on the DMZ – and it’s not about war — Lowy Institute
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