Tae-Kyung Hong (Yonsei University)

Vice President, Geological Society of Korea (2024-2025)

Associate Dean (Planning): Graduate School, Yonsei University (2020-2021)

Professor, Yonsei University (2006-current)

Ph.D. Seismology. The Australian National University (2004)

B.S. Geology. Seoul National University (1997)

The research interests of Professor Tae-Kyung Hong focus on earthquake seismology and seismic hazard analysis, with particular emphasis on intraplate seismicity and the characteristics of earthquakes on the Korean Peninsula. His work aims to improve understanding of earthquake generation mechanisms, stress accumulation, and fault dynamics in stable continental regions. His research also includes seismic risk assessment in urban environments, ground motion analysis, and the evaluation of earthquake impacts on critical infrastructure. In addition, he is interested in disaster resilience and interdisciplinary approaches linking seismology with public societal issues.

Kim, B., Hong, T.-K., Lee, J., Park, S., and Lee, J. (2025). Induced gravitational effect and stress change by tsunami surge. Surveys in Geophysics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-025-09910-x

Lee, J., Hong, T.-K., Lee, J., Park, S., Kim, B., Celis, S., and Liu, Y. (2025). Continent-side paleo-rift structure in the western East Sea (Sea of Japan) and linkage between Moho uplift and mountain range formation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130 (10), e2025JB031780. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JB031780

Hong, T.-K., Lee, J. Kim, B., Park, S., Lee, J., Kim, D.G., and Kang, T.-S. (2025). Lower-crustal rupture of the 1952 Mw 6.3 suburban Pyongyang earthquake: insights into seismogenic reactivation in a paleo-collision zone and seismic hazard potential. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, https://doi.org/10.1785/0120250104

Hong, T.-K., Park, S., Lee, J., Lee, J., and Kim, B. (2024). Middle to lower crustal earthquakes in the western East Sea (Sea of Japan) and their implications for neotectonic evolution, Tectonophysics, volume 880, 230346 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2024.230346

Hong, T.-K., Lee, J., Lee, J., Park, S., Kim, B., and Choi, S. (2023). Unraveling a midcrustal seismogenic fault structure from a seismic sequence and geophysical data: application to the 28 October 2022 ML4.1 Goesan earthquake in the central Korean Peninsula, Geophysical Journal International, ggad292, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggad292