Korean peninsula moved 5 cm according to GPS survey by KASI

The Korean Peninsula has moved a 5 centimetres to the east due to the massive quake that rocked Japan. The Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) said that based on detailed global positioning system (GPS) data, the peninsula moved between 1 cm to 5 cm depending on the location, with Ulleung Island and nearby Dokdo islets in the East Sea being most affected.

The south-western part of the country and Jeju Island off the peninsula’s southern coast moved far less.

Ulleung and Dokdo are the closest South Korean territories to the epicentre of the 9.0 magnitude tremor that devastated the north-eastern part of Honshu Island .

The epicentre was located 130 kilometres east of Sendai city under the Pacific Ocean.

The institute, said that the Japan moved roughly 2 meters to the east.

Source: The Hindu

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1 Response to Korean peninsula moved 5 cm according to GPS survey by KASI

  1. This was a good survey by GPS Kasi that Korean peninsula moved 5 cm to east because of earthquake occured in japan.

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