List of earthquakes in North Korea

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This is a list of earthquakes in North Korea. Many of these in these in the 21st century have been attributed to nuclear weapons testing.

Earthquakes

DateRegion Mag. MMI DeathsInjuriesTotal damage / notesSource
1810-02-19 North Hamgyong Province 7.3 Mw IX [1]
2006-10-03 Punggye-ri 4.2 Mw Explosion
2009-05-25 Punggye-ri 4.7 Mw Explosion [2]
2010-02-18 Primorsky Krai 6.9 Mw  [3]
2013-02-12 Punggye-ri 5.1 Mw VIExplosion [4]
2013-04-05 Primorsky Krai 6.3 Mw III [5]
2016-01-06 Punggye-ri 5.1 Mw VIIExplosion [6]
2016-09-09 Punggye-ri 5.3 Mw VIIIExplosion [7]
2017-09-03 Punggye-ri 6.3 Mw VIII12150Explosion [8]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 North Korean nuclear test</span> Test detonation on 12 February 2013

On 12 February 2013, North Korean state media announced it had conducted an underground nuclear test, its third in seven years. A tremor that exhibited a nuclear bomb signature with an initial magnitude 4.9 was detected by the China Earthquake Networks Center, Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization and the United States Geological Survey. In response, Japan summoned an emergency United Nations meeting for 12 February and South Korea raised its military alert status. It is not known whether the explosion was nuclear, or a conventional explosion designed to mimic a nuclear blast; as of two days after the blast, Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean investigators had failed to detect any radiation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">January 2016 North Korean nuclear test</span> Detonation on 6 January 2016

North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear detonation on 6 January 2016 at 10:00:01 UTC+08:30. At the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, approximately 50 kilometres northwest of Kilju City in Kilju County, an underground nuclear test was carried out. The United States Geological Survey reported a 5.1 magnitude earthquake from the location; the China Earthquake Networks Center reported the magnitude as 4.9.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">September 2016 North Korean nuclear test</span>

The government of North Korea conducted a nuclear detonation on 9 September 2016, the fifth since 2006, at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, approximately 50 kilometres northwest of Kilju City in Kilju County.

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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test on 3 September 2017, stating it had tested a thermonuclear weapon. The United States Geological Survey reported an earthquake of 6.3-magnitude not far from North Korea's Punggye-ri nuclear test site. South Korean authorities said the earthquake seemed to be artificial, consistent with an underground nuclear test. The USGS, as well as China Earthquake Networks Center, reported that the initial event was followed by a second, smaller, earthquake at the site, several minutes later, which was characterized as a collapse of the cavity formed by the initial detonation.

References

  1. ↑ "19 February 1810 [North Korea]". Global Historical Earthquake Archive. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "M 4.7 Nuclear Explosion - 21 km ENE of S?ngjibaegam, North Korea". United States Geological Survey . 25 May 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "M 6.9 - 15 km SSW of Kraskino, Russia". United States Geological Survey . 18 February 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "M 5.1 Nuclear Explosion - 18 km ENE of S?ngjibaegam, North Korea". United States Geological Survey . 12 February 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "M 6.3 - 13 km NNW of Zarubino, Russia". United States Geological Survey . 5 April 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "M 5.1 Nuclear Explosion - 21 km ENE of S?ngjibaegam, North Korea". United States Geological Survey . 6 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "M5.3 Explosion – 19 km ENE of Sungjibaegam, North Korea". United States Geological Survey . 9 September 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  8. ↑ "M 6.3 Explosion – 22 km ENE of Sungjibaegam, North Korea". United States Geological Survey . 3 September 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
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