특별재난지역 선포 역시 경주지진 때 10일 걸리던 것에서 포항지진 때는 5일이 걸려 예년에 비해 대폭 줄였다.
The declaration of a special disaster zone also took five days during the Pohang earthquake from the previous10 days during the Gyeongju earthquake, a drastic reduction from the previous year.