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2016 Gyeongju earthquake

earthquake in South Korea
Event earthquake Q26874532
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Summary

2016 Gyeongju earthquake is an earthquake[1]. It draws 212 Wikipedia views per month (earthquake category, ranking #127 of 869).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: South Korea[3]
  • Instance of: natural disaster[4], disaster[5]
  • Commons category: 2016 Gyeongju earthquake[6]
  • Point in time: September 12, 2016[7]
  • Coordinate location: 35.769, 129.227[8]
  • Number of deaths: 0[9]
  • Number of injured: 23[10]
  • Native label: 2016년 경주 지진[11], 9·12 지진[12]
  • Earthquake magnitude on the moment magnitude scale: 5.8[13]
  • Modified Mercalli intensity scale: Mercalli scale VI[14], Mercalli scale V[15]
  • Vertical depth: 15[16]

Why It Matters

2016 Gyeongju earthquake has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

South Korea

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · Twotwo2019 · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → 2016 Gyeongju earthquake
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Commons category: Category:2016 Gyeongju earthquake"
  2. 29d ago · Twotwo2019 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of deaths → {'amount': '+0'}
    Vertical depth → {'amount': '+15'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Vertical depth: 15 kilometre"
  3. 4w ago · Twotwo2019 · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    Number of injured → {'amount': '+23'}
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 35.769, 'longitude': 129.227}
    Instance of → earthquake, natural disaster, disaster
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Number of injured: 23"
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