The United States Geological Survey said the quake struck around 20 km away from the North's nuclear test site.
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A shallow 3.5-magnitude earthquake hit North Korea near the country’s nuclear test site on Saturday, US seismologists said, in what Chinese experts said was a “suspected explosion”, but Seoul deemed a “natural earthquake”.
The United States Geological Survey said the quake struck around 20 km away from the North’s nuclear test site, where earlier this month Pyongyang detonated its sixth and largest device, which it claimed to be a hydrogen bomb capable of being launched onto a missile.
Regional experts differed on their analysis, with the China Earthquake Network Centre calling it a “suspected explosion” while Seoul judged it a “natural quake”.
( Source : AFP )
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