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3.4 magnitude earthquake detected in North Korea – China Earthquake Networks Center 3.4 magnitude earthquake detected in North Korea – China Earthquake Networks Center
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China's earthquake monitoring agency has detected a magnitude 3.4 earthquake, which it refers to as a “suspected explosion” emanating from North Korea. A magnitude 3.4 earthquake, at a depth of 0 kilometers, has been recorded near the Kilju area in the North Hamgyeong Province of North Korea, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW The 'quake' occurred at approximately 08:30 GMT (16:29 local time) on Saturday, reports South Korea’s Yonhap news agency. Kilju is home to the Punggyeri nuclear site, where North Korea's sixth and largest nuclear test was conducted on September 3.
The test sparked the latest raft of UN sanctions and has raised tensions between the US and its allies and the North Korean regime.
If it is confirmed as a nuclear test, it would be the North Korean regime’s seventh.
Yonhap reports, however, that as of right now, “it is presumed to be a natural quake.”
Saturday’s quake follows an escalation of the combative rhetoric between the North Korean and US leaders this week.
Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump have exchanged a variety of barbs through state media agencies and Twitter respectively, in recent days.
READ MORE: Trump: ‘Madman Kim Jong-un will be tested like never before’