North Korea 'earthquake' near nuclear test site

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North Korea 'earthquake' near nuclear test site: South suspects explosion at Punggye-ri facility - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The website of the China Earthquake Network Centre also described it as a "suspected explosion".

The US Geological Survey (USGS) put the tremor at magnitude 5.1, at a depth of 10 kilometres, with its epicentre 19 kilometres east-north-east of Sungjibaegam — placing it right next to the Punggye-ri nuclear test site.

The North has conducted three nuclear tests, all at the Punggye-ri site, in 2006, 2009 and 2013.

 

[Lex Concord]

N. Korea says conducted 'successful' hydrogen bomb test

 

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N. Korea says conducted 'successful' hydrogen bomb test

You'd think they'd be worried about upsetting Obama and Kerry...

















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[actaeon277]

N. Korea says conducted 'successful' hydrogen bomb test

I'm gonna have to wait and see on this.
Thermonukes are an order of magnitude more complicated than a simple nuke.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Japan says North Korea nuclear test is a threat to country's national security, can not be tolerated

 

[cobber]

Just a clock. White House invitation is in the mail.


And stop profiling North Korean dictators y'all!

 

[OutdoorDad]

What are the chances they are digging a really deep hole and filling it with thousands of tons of tnt?

 

[IndyDave1776]

What are the chances they are digging a really deep hole and filling it with thousands of tons of tnt?

Little Kim's crew try to bluff us? Never!

At least, even if they can't really get a nuclear bomb right, at least they have proven they can manage not to screw up an earthquake!

 

[T.Lex]

What are the chances they are digging a really deep hole and filling it with thousands of tons of tnt?

North Korea nuclear H-bomb claims met by scepticism - BBC News

Bruce Bennett, an analyst with the Rand Corporation, was among those casting doubts on Pyongyang's test: "The bang they should have gotten would have been 10 times greater than what they're claiming.
"So Kim Jong-un is either lying, saying they did a hydrogen test when they didn't, they just used a little bit more efficient fission weapon - or the hydrogen part of the test really didn't work very well or the fission part didn't work very well."
The data "doesn't support suggestions that the bomb was a hydrogen bomb", Chinese military expert Du Wenlong told state broadcaster CCTV.

 

[BiscuitNaBasket]

I can see them actually having a earthquake and using the opportunity to lie to make themselves look cool. "We have a thermo nuke now, yeah we're awesome."

 

[KittySlayer]

China needs to jerk on the leash and tighten up that choker collar again.

 

[Tactically Fat]

I can see them actually having a earthquake and using the opportunity to lie to make themselves look cool. "We have a thermo nuke now, yeah we're awesome."

However, one can easily tell via seismograph if something is/was man-made vs. being an actual EQ.

 

[printcraft]

NK landed a man on the sun, they know nuke. Or is it they no nuke?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

US says evidence 'not consistent' with N. Korea H-bomb claim

 

[Route 45]

However, one can easily tell via seismograph if something is/was man-made vs. being an actual EQ.

Yep. Here is the seismic data for the earthquake caused by the bomb test in North Korea:

IRIS: MB5.1 North Korea

Here is data from other earthquakes around the world:

IRIS: Events in the Last 24 Hours

Pretty cool database, you can see the waveforms from the quakes and even listen to an audio representation of each one.

 

[IndyDave1776]

US says evidence 'not consistent' with N. Korea H-bomb claim

I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you!

 

[Lex Concord]

I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you!

I'm aftershocked

 

[IndyDave1776]

I'm aftershocked

 

[Jerchap2]

[video=youtube;33D3NOl0-ag]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33D3NOl0-ag[/video]

 

[actaeon277]

[video=youtube;33D3NOl0-ag]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33D3NOl0-ag[/video]

I know there are people out there that stupid, but I'm wondering how many people were interviewed to get this clip?