NORTH KOREA HIT BY TREMOR IN APPARENT NUCLEAR TEST

 

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North Korea Hit by Tremor in Apparent Nuclear Test

USGS recorded 6.3-magnitude ‘possible explosion’ near site of North Korea’s previous nuclear tests

Sunday September 3, 2017

SEOUL—North Korea appeared to have conducted a sixth nuclear test Sunday following the detection of a tremor there after Pyongyang showed off what it called a hydrogen bomb capable of being mounted on a long-range missile.

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded what it called a 6.3-magnitude “possible explosion” in northeastern North Korea at exactly noon Pyongyang time Sunday, after an initial assessment of a 5.1-magnitude earthquake.

The Korea Meteorological Administration said it had detected a 5.6-magnitude earthquake near the site of North Korea’s previous nuclear tests, in what it described as likely being a “man-made” earthquake.

A spokeswoman for the South Korean government said that officials were still trying to verify the incident. She said President Moon Jae-in had called an emergency meeting of the National Security Council, slated to begin an hour after the earthquake was first detected.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff office also confirmed it had detected an artificial quake in North Korea’s Punggye-ri site. The office did not immediately confirm if it was a nuclear test or not.

Write to Jonathan Cheng at jonathan.cheng@wsj.com

 

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