North Korea: Tremor detected in north east

[icymist]

Source: BBC

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake has been detected in North Korea, China's earthquake administration says.

The earthquake is reported to have occurred near a nuclear test site and previous quakes have occurred during weapons' tests.

Chinese seismologists said it was a "suspected explosion", the state news agency reports.

But South Korea says that it could be a natural earthquake, rather than one caused by a nuclear test.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41371867?ocid=socialflow_twitter

[icymist]

1. China says North Korean quake 'suspected explosion', South Korea says likely a natural quake

China's earthquake administration said on Saturday it had detected a magnitude 3.4 earthquake in North Korea that was a "suspected explosion".

The administration said in a statement on its website that the quake, which occurred around 0830 GMT, was recorded a depth of zero kilometres.

Previous quakes from North Korea have indicated nuclear tests by the reclusive state, the most recent earlier this month. The quake was centred near North Korea's nuclear test site.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/23/north-korea-earthquake-suspected-explosion-china-says.html

[Berlin Expat]

2. This if from the USGS:

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000ati7#executive

Note the statement on that page....

This event occurred in the area of the previous North Korean Nuclear tests. We cannot conclusively confirm at this time the nature (natural or human-made) of the event. The depth is poorly constrained and has been held to 5 km by the seismologist. The Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) is the sole organization in the U.S. federal government whose mission is to detect and report technical data from foreign nuclear explosions.

[truthisfreedom]

3. Already unsteady?

[janterry]

4. Is South Korea more worried about NK or tRump?

[haveahart]

5. Now everyone has to claim it is something other than what Kim said he would do.

Another SNL script writes itself.