Friday, September 9, 2016

South Korea Claims Pyongyang Sets Off Nuclear Test

In what South Korea is calling a nuclear test, a 5.3-magnitude quake occurred in North Korea Friday morning near the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, according to the European Earthquake Center.



A South Korean official told the Yonhap news agency the earthquake was very likely caused by a nuclear test, that although there has been no confirmation.

Details are still coming in.

The China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) said an earthquake detected in North Korea Friday was due to a suspected explosion.

Jeffrey Lewis with the California-based Middlebury Institute of International Studies told Reuters that an earthquake of this magnitude would indicate a device with a 20- to 30-kiloton yield, which would be the largest yield estimate yet of a North Korean nuclear device.

September 9 marks the 68th anniversary of the founding of North Korea and Pyongyang has in the past marked the important holiday by conducting nuclear and missile tests.

North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test in January, followed by the launch of a long-range rocket...
 [voanews.com]
 8-9/9/16
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  •  Magnitude    mb 5.3
Region    NORTH KOREA
Date time    2016-09-09 00:30:01.1 UTC
Location    41.32 N ; 129.01 E
Depth    0 km
Distances:
  •     346 km SE of Jilin, China / pop: 1,882,000 / local time: 08:30:01.1 2016-09-09
  • 83 km SW of Ch’ŏngjin, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of / pop: 327,000 / local time: 09:00:01.1 2016-09-09
  • 20 km NE of Sŭngjibaegam, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of / pop: 11,800 / local time: 09:00:01.1 2016-09-09
 emsc-csem.org
9/9/16
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