Posted on 03/31/2014 8:10:29 PM PDT by bimboeruption
A magnitude five earthquake has been detected 132km (80 miles) from the Korean peninsula early on Tuesday morning, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has said.
The quake, which was said to have occurred at approximately 03:48 local time, took place at a depth of nearly 16km (10 miles) in the sea west of the Korean peninsula – just days after North Korea threatened to carry out a “new form” of nuclear test.
While North Korean nuclear tests have previously been detected by the USGS quake monitoring center, the location and depth of the earthquake did not immediately suggest North Korean nuclear testing was the cause.
Although its December 2012 test M5.1 shockwave was similar in size to Tuesday’s 5.0M event, it was detected by geological surveys in China and the US as having occurred in a North Korean mountain range well known for weapons testing, and at a depth of only 1km.
On Sunday, North Korea threatened to carry out a “new form” of nuclear test, but did not clarify what it meant. Since then some observers have suggested that, angry with recent United Nations Security Council discussions about missile testing last week, Pyongyang may test a fourth nuclear device in the coming months.
On Monday, the two Koreas fired hundreds of rounds of artillery into waters along the disputed Northern Limit Line.
North Korea warned its southern neighbour at short-notice that it would commence the live fire drills, which some analysts said was Pyongyang’s way of protesting ongoing joint US – South Korea military drills.
Previously, North Korea has also warned its neighbours of impeding nuclear tests, usually also at short-notice.
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Commander-in-Briefs—oh, I forgot, THAT was Clinton.
Nuclear tests are easily distinguished from earthquake wave forms. Fear is an inappropriate response. Examine the evidence.
Uh-Oh! The NK’s have managed to harness plate tectonics as a new war weapon! I wonder if Kim Jung Young-Un is behind all the recent earthquakes in CA, OK and elsewhere? Run for the hills!
That’s a real toe tapping song. I love Johnny Cash.
Should check the satellites for ELT pings. Could be that MH370 has finally come down to earth.
You know, just for laughs, if you had the POWER, take North Korea and switch it geographically with the Ukraine.
I love my home in Idaho. Not anxious for a wave of molten basalt or pyroclastic cloud to screw it up. No ash either.
If we had a real president we’d be testing one of our own, right over their stupid heads.
Yellowstone Caldera...please pick up the white courtesy phone...
Or some David Janssen.
So they blew up some more fertilizer....
we know north korea cannot have nuclear weapons because bill Clinton and madeline notallright signed an agreement with them, giving food supplies in exchange for their promise not to pursue nuclear weapons.
and he was a great president, i’m told.
we know north korea cannot have nuclear weapons because bill Clinton and madeline notallright signed an agreement with them, giving food supplies in exchange for their promise not to pursue nuclear weapons.
and he was a great president, i’m told.
Ring of fire was about venereal disease.
This stories title and content is just STUPID!
comparing a 5.0 to a nuclear blast?
First off, a nuclear blast looks NOTHING like an earthquake on a seismograph. Second, they are nowhere near a 5. on the scale. and Third... yeah, North Korea drilled tunnel off the cost to several 10 MILES down!
What a troll.
Dear Telegraph, fire this idiot.
“In a short piece from the North Korean News Agency, the minister of Industry and mining declared that the first nuclear fracking attempt in history was not a success.”
The oil present was vaporized by the heat of the blast
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