North Korea hails 'successful' nuclear test

North Korean says it has conducted a succesful "nuclear warhead explosion" test meant to counter what Pyongyang calls US hostility, North Korean state TV reported.

A seismic event with a magnitude of 5.3, was detected in the country's north on Friday morning, South Korea's meteorological agency said, in what officials said was the country's latest nuclear test.

The tremor, detected by the US Geological Survey and Japan's Meteorological Agency's earthquake and tsunami observations division, occurred near North Korea's known nuclear test site.

In January North Korea detonated its fourth nuclear device at the site in the northeast of the country...
 [aljazeera.com]
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•  Magnitude    mb 5.3

Region    NORTH KOREA
Date time    2016-09-09 00:30:01.1 UTC
Location    41.32 N ; 129.01 E
Depth    0 km
Distances:
    346 km SE of Jilin, China / pop: 1,882,000 / local time: 08:30:01.1 2016-09-09
83 km SW of Ch’ŏngjin, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of / pop: 327,000 / local time: 09:00:01.1 2016-09-09
20 km NE of Sŭngjibaegam, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of / pop: 11,800 / local time: 09:00:01.1 2016-09-09
 emsc-csem.org
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