허목은 삼척부사 시절 해일로 인한 피해를 줄이기 위해 척주동해비를 세웠다는 기록도 있다.
There is also a record that Heo Mok built the East Sea Stele in Cheokju to reduce the damage caused by the tsunami when he was the district magistrate of Samcheok.