China says North Korea quake not nuclear explosion

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters




SEPTEMBER 23, 2017 / 11:33 AM / UPDATED 5 MINUTES AGO

Reuters Staff

BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s Earthquake Administration said on Saturday that a small earthquake recorded earlier in the day in North Korea was not a nuclear explosion and had the characteristics of a natural tremor.

The administration had said earlier the magnitude 3.4 quake detected at 0829 GMT was a “suspected explosion”.

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[catbyte]

1. I'll believe China over DOTUS.

[RKP5637]

2. Same here! n/t

[Warpy]

3. Saw it at USGS earlier and they called it natural, also

The last test collapsed a lot of their tunnels. It's likely to have destabilized an old fault deep within the mountains.