August 12, 1664 Earthquake: Chonju,chinan, South Korea
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Chonju,chinan, South Korea on August 12, 1664. It killed 50 people.
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 12, 1664
- Place
- Chonju,chinan, South Korea
- Magnitude
- 6.3
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 35.500° N, 127.100° E
- Country
- South Korea
The toll
- Deaths
- 50
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
50 crushed to death (reference #1213)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- 780, Kyongju, South Korea
- September 12, 2016, Gyeongju, South Korea
- June 11, 2024, Jeonbuk, South Korea
- July 3, 1936, South 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
- December 9, 1649, Yellow Sea, South Korea
- October 7, 1978, Hongseong, South Korea
- September 12, 1700, Chungchong, South Korea
- March 2, 1553, Kyongsang-Do, South Korea
- October 304, Kyongju, South Korea
- June 510, Kyongju, South Korea
- September 12, 664, Kyongju, 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 1030.