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M5.3 Explosion - 15km ENE of Sungjibaegam, North Korea
USGS ^ | 9 Sep 2016

Posted on 09/08/2016 6:36:24 PM PDT by amorphous

Possible explosion, located near the location where North Korea has detonated nuclear explosions in the past. If this is indeed an explosion, the USGS National Earthquake Information Center cannot determine what type of explosion it may be, whether nuclear or any other possible type

(Excerpt) Read more at earthquake.usgs.gov ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: explosion; northkorea; nuclear
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To: amorphous

Kim farted?


21 posted on 09/08/2016 7:11:01 PM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: amorphous

Yes, but earthquakes have a logarithmic (powers of ten) scale when reporting the magnitude, and a explosive blast (even a nuke) has a powers-of-cube decreasing effect as the weapon yield gets higher.


22 posted on 09/08/2016 7:15:28 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: amorphous

http://fas.org/irp/program/collect/cobra_ball.htm


23 posted on 09/08/2016 7:19:34 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: amorphous

~125 kt? Boosted fission??


24 posted on 09/08/2016 7:22:12 PM PDT by Ozark Tom (The binding rules only allow hints to be given freely in lieu of actual disclosures.)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Found this:

The earthquake caused by the 2016 nuclear test was 5.1 magnitude,[2][14] similar to the 5.1-magnitude earthquake that accompanied North Korea's previous 2013 nuclear test (which was estimated by South Korea to have a yield of 6–9 kilotons of TNT and Russian estimates of more than 7 kilotons of TNT).[15][16]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_North_Korean_nuclear_test

So if the 5.6 reading the USGS calculated stands, the yield should be well over 10 kilotons?

25 posted on 09/08/2016 7:25:44 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: Ozark Tom; NELSON111

See #25


26 posted on 09/08/2016 7:27:15 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: amorphous

US National Security Council: ‘We are aware of seismic activity on the Korean Peninsula in the vicinity of a known North Korean nuclear test site. We are monitoring and continuing to assess the situation in close coordination with our regional partners.’ - @Price44
see original on twitter.com


27 posted on 09/08/2016 7:28:50 PM PDT by chuck allen
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To: amorphous

NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR PROGRAM
19m
China’s environment ministry has begun emergency radiation monitoring after suspected nuclear test in North Korea, state media reports - Reuters
read more on yahoo.com


28 posted on 09/08/2016 7:29:53 PM PDT by chuck allen
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To: chuck allen

NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR PROGRAM
22m
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says suspected nuclear test by North Korea can’t be tolerated - Reuters
read more on trust.org


29 posted on 09/08/2016 7:31:00 PM PDT by chuck allen
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To: chuck allen

NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA TENSIONS
1h
South Korea to hold emergency National Security Council meeting 10 pm ET (0200 GMT) after seismic activity detected near North Korea’s known nuclear test - Reuters
read more on trust.org


30 posted on 09/08/2016 7:33:28 PM PDT by chuck allen
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To: chuck allen

NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR PROGRAM
1h
Editor’s note: If the latest seismic event in North Korea is confirmed to be a nuclear test, it would be the fifth known test carried out by the nation. Friday’s event also coincides with North Korea’s Independence Day. - Jimmy


31 posted on 09/08/2016 7:34:42 PM PDT by chuck allen
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To: chuck allen
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says suspected nuclear test by North Korea can’t be tolerated - Reuters

And this comes only about a week after NK launches a missile which impacted only a few hundred miles from Japan's coastline.

32 posted on 09/08/2016 7:36:05 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: amorphous; All

Per Twitter:

Constant Pheonix is AIRBORNE, with the Onan Alert. Tanker support incoming from Japan.


33 posted on 09/08/2016 7:39:21 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Probably a lot of old fertilizer. That’s smaller than a suitcase nuke.


34 posted on 09/08/2016 7:58:12 PM PDT by struggle (The)
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To: amorphous
Yep!

Inchon, SK Seisomogram here

The GookShot is the short, sharp burst at ~00:32+ -- 2nd trace from the bottom of the page...

35 posted on 09/08/2016 7:58:24 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias; of the commission of thousands of crBarack": Allah's current ally...)
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To: TXnMA

Thanks! It is very short! I’ve been around large fuel/air blasts and they rock on for many seconds.


36 posted on 09/08/2016 8:04:47 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: struggle
"Probably a lot of old fertilizer."

That's a lotta honeybuckets... '-)

37 posted on 09/08/2016 8:15:00 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias; of the commission of thousands of crBarack": Allah's current ally...)
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To: amorphous
Yep.

Spherical release into solid rock -- ve -- vertical impulse with atmospheric rebound/oscillation...

38 posted on 09/08/2016 8:20:41 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias; of the commission of thousands of crBarack": Allah's current ally...)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE; amorphous; Ozark Tom; NELSON111
For a link to the Inchon, SK seismogram see my #35...

FYI, the traces from adjacent Chinese and Japanese seismometers look similar -- except for travel-time shift and distance attenuation/spreading...

39 posted on 09/08/2016 8:31:08 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias; of the commission of thousands of crBarack": Allah's current ally...)
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