Posted on 04/23/2018 1:22:20 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Minor 'natural' quake near North Korea's closed nuclear test site
By Park Si-soo
A minor 2.3-magnitude earthquake was detected near North Korea's closed nuclear test site in Gilju early on Monday.
The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said the tremor took place at 4:31 a.m. 47 kilometers north-north-west of Gilju, North Hamgyong Province, at a depth of five kilometers. The tremor was believed to be natural, but could have been caused by the North's sixth underground nuclear test there in September, KMA officials said.
Experts here have said the nuclear test weakened the underground structure around the site, leaving it vulnerable to natural collapse. There have been nine natural quakes in the area since the Sept. 3 test, they said.
"The quake's epicenter was within five kilometers of the test site," a KMA official said. "Various signs showed the quake was natural and different in many ways from an artificial one caused by an underground explosion."
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared the shutdown of the Gilju nuclear test site on Saturday, along with a freeze on missile and nuclear tests.
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Minor ‘natural’ quake near North Korea’s closed nuclear test site
Funny when one distinguishes between natural and unnatural earthquakes.
There is a big difference in the epicenter being 5 kilometers below the test site and 5 kilometers away from it.
5 kilometers is 3 miles, roughly 16,000 feet in distance. That would be a very shallow quake if it were only 3 miles deep, indicating that prior atomic tests may have shifted underlying rock formations and weakened them, thus causing future quakes.
One day Lil’ Kim may wake up to find his atomic testing site gone in 60 seconds. Wouldn’t that be a hoot.
Have we mastered the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP)?
Rod from God?
Have been saying that the cause of his shutdown is that he destabilized the subsurface.....and he simply no longer has a viable site.
Yeah........
The “Korea Meteorological Association (KMA)” heh heh.
Not much doubt about that.
Why are you laughing?? This da country developed nuclear weapons right under our nose and threatened the world.
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