August 1, 1385 Earthquake: Kaesong, North Korea
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Kaesong, North Korea on August 1, 1385.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- August 1, 1385
- Place
- Kaesong, North Korea
- Magnitude
- 6.3
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 37.600° N, 126.300° E
- Country
- North Korea
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- July 1036, Kaesong, North Korea
- July 31, 1668, Yellow Sea, North Korea
- July 16, 1613, Suwon, South Korea
- October 7, 1978, Hongseong, South Korea
- July 2, 1518, Paekchon, Hwanghae-Do, North Korea
- September 12, 1700, Chungchong, South Korea
- November 502, Pyongyang, North Korea
- December 27, Kwangju, South Korea
- July 89, Kwangju, South Korea
- January 24, 1455, Kwangju, South Korea
- October 30, 1670, Kwangju,sunchang,unkyo,kosan, South Korea
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 567.