Earthquake details

Thursday, February 18, 2010 Earthquake

The earthquake hit North Korea on Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 01:13 UTC with a magnitude of 6.9. The closest known location in the current dataset is Aoji (North Korea - KP), about 26.0 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 130.703 and latitude 42.587.

Magnitude	6.9
Alert	Severe
Depth	577.7 km
Coordinates	42.587, 130.703
UTC time	2010-02-18 01:13:19.510

Location	Ŭndŏk
Country	North Korea (KP)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 2010-02-18

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Aoji	26.0 km
Ŭndŏk	31.1 km
Hunchun	42.1 km
Rajin	50.5 km
Hoeryŏng	80.2 km
Tumen	82.0 km
Puryŏng	100.5 km
Yanji	103.7 km
Longjing	106.7 km
Vladivostok	111.6 km
Wangqing	112.0 km
Chongjin	116.7 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.4

Aoji

North Korea · 2025-12-16 14:38 UTC

6.4 km

M 5.2

Vladivostok

Russia · 2025-10-25 11:45 UTC

60.6 km

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