About 270 earthquake reports have been received nationwide from the 3.9 earthquake that occurred in Sangju, North Gyeongsang Province, today (May 21).

Fortunately, the damage was not found yet.

After the earthquake, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security and the Fire Department reported 276 complaints.

By region, Chungbuk was the largest city with 100 cases, followed by Daejeon with 47 cases, Gyeongbuk with 35 cases, Sejong with 30 cases, Kyunggi Province with 23 cases and Chungnam with 22 cases.

7 in Seoul, 4 in Incheon, and 4 in Gwangju.

"We are in the process of identifying damage to neighboring areas," he said. "We have strengthened the situation management in preparation for an additional earthquake and we are looking at trends with the Korea Meteorological Administration."