Electronic Supplement to
Historical Seismicity of Korea

by Kiehwa Lee and Woo-Sun Yang

 

Appendix II. List of dubious events of 2-1904 A.D. from historical Korean documents

No. YEAR MONTH DAY LAT (°N) LONG (°E) SOURCE DESCRIPTION
1 34 2 - 35.8 129.3 1, 6 Ground fissure and earthquake fountain.
2 123 6 - 35.8 129.3 1, 5 Houses (or a house) sank and a pond formed.
3 380 6 - 37.4 127.3 1 Ground fissured 50 feet deep and 30 feet wide; closed after 3 days.
4 416 6 - 35.8 129.3 1 A collapse in Mt. Toham. Water erupted 30 feet high.
5 471 4 - 35.8 129.3 1, 5 Ground fissured 20 feet wide and turbid water erupted.
6 630 - - 35.8 129.3 1, 5 Ground in the great palace fissured.
7 673 1 - 35.8 129.3 5 Earthquake.
8 755 9 - 35.8 129.3 1 Two 13-story pagodas in Mangdeoksa Temple swayed for a few days.
9 758 6 - 35.8 129.3 1 The pagoda in Hwangryongsa Temple swayed.
10 766 3 - 35.2 128.1 1, 5 Ground sank to form a 50 feet wide pond with dark blue water.
11 839 5 - 35.8 129.3 5 Earthquake.
12 844 - - 35.8 129.3 5 Earthquake with thunder-like sound.
13 927 4 - 35.8 129.3 1 The pagoda in Hwangryongsa Temple swayed and tilted to the north.
14 928 2 - 35.8 129.3 5 Earthquake.
15 991 10 - 39.0 125.8 5 Earthquake.
16 1001 - - 37.0 127.9 4, 5 Three Kyeols of rice fields sank to form a pond of immeasurable depth. (3 Kyeols is about 10,000 m2 at the time.)
17 1002 7 - 33.3 126.5 2 "Red water" (lava) erupted from four orifices in Mt. Tamra (now called Mt. Hanra). Ended in 5 days. All the "red water" turned into bricks and stones.
18 1007 10 - 33.3 126.5 2, 4 An island arose above the sea near Cheju Island with thunder-like tremors for 7 days.
19 1171 - - 38.0 126.6 5 Earthquake.
20 1191 8 - 37.8 126.5 2, 4, 5 Ground sank 30 feet deep.
21 1214 6 25 39.0 125.8 5 Ground 82 feet in circumference sank 20 feet deep in Beobkisa Temple.
22 1235 2 7 37.7 126.5 2, 5 Sky rumbled like thunder. Some says that there was an earthquake.
23 1255 3 - 37.7 126.5 5 Earthquake.
24 1258 7 - 37.7 126.5 5 Earthquake.
25 1293 6 1 37.7 126.5 2 There was sound from the south: the ground rumbled like a drum. Fowls ran in panic.
26 1298 2 26 38.0 126.6 4, 5 Ground outside the west gate of Soonyeong Palace fissured. Water erupted several feet high from noon till about 6 p.m.
27 1311 11 4 38.0 126.6 5 The king's chair at old Soonyeong Palace was damaged. Ground fissured several feet long.
28 1343 6 21 38.0 126.6 5 Earthquake.
29 1362 11 20 38.0 126.6 5 Earthquake.
30 1363 11 - 38.0 126.6 5 Earthquake.
31 1409 7 26 37.6 127.0 3 Ground by the Han River fissured 24 feet long and 5 feet wide.
32 1422 4 19 35.3 128.5 3 Ground fissured.
33 1452 5 23 39.3 127.3 3 Ground sank.
34 1518 6 5 35.4 127.4 3 A big rock rumbled like a big bell struck lightly.
35 1518 6 6 35.4 127.4 3 A big rock rumbled like a big bell struck lightly.
36 1518 6 7 35.4 127.4 3 A big rock rumbled like a big bell struck lightly.
37 1518 6 8 35.4 127.4 3 A big rock rumbled like a big bell struck lightly.
38 1637 10 - 37.5 126.7 5 Ground sank 100 feet wide. The bottom was immeasurable.
39 1700 9 12 36.3 127.8 3 Ground fissured.
40 1703 6 11 38.4 127.6 3 Ground fissured suddenly 40 feet long, 28 feet wide and 50 feet deep.
41 1757 10 23 35,9 129.5 3 Ground fissured.



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