1,500 South Koreans homeless following 5.4-magnitude quake

Victims left homeless by Wednesday`s earthquake take shelter in an indoor gym in Pohang. - Korea Herald/ANN

SEOUL, South Korea: More than 1,500 residents in the southeastern port city of Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, have been displaced by Wednesday's 5.4 magnitude earthquake and a series of aftershocks following the initial tremor.

The city was rattled by South Korea's second-largest earthquake on record at 2:29 p.m. on Wednesday, which was followed by nearly 45 aftershocks of up to magnitude 4.3 through Thursday afternoon, the Korea Meteorological Administration said.