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Breaking! North Korea detonated a nuclear device?

Type: Earthquake
26 minutes ago
Magnitude: 4.9
DateTime: Tuesday February 12 2013, 02:57:51 UTC
Region: North Korea
Depth: 1 km
Source: USGS Feed

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

EMSC, USGS & GEOFON

http://earthquake-report.com/2013/02/11/earthquakes-in-the-world-on-february-12-2013-m4-5-or-more/

http://earthquake-report.com/

 

USGS: Earthquake Detected in North Korea
(SEOUL, South Korea)
“ The U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday it had detected a magnitude 4.9 earthquake in North Korea, but neither Pyongyang nor Seoul confirmed whether North Korea had conducted its widely anticipated third nuclear test.
“The South Korean Defense Ministry said it was trying to determine whether North Korea had conducted a nuclear test. Nuclear blasts can create tremors but they are distinct from those caused by natural earthquakes….”

Read more: http://world.time.com/2013/02/11/magnitude-4-9-earthquake-detected-in-north-korea/#ixzz2KeYhSNtz

‘Artificial’ earthquake detected in North Korea – reports

Apparently man-made seismic activity has been detected in North Korea, South Korean Yonhap news agency reported. The United States Geological Survey confirms a 4.9 magnitude earthquake at a depth of exactly one kilometer in North Korea’s northeast.

Meanwhile the Japanese Meteorological Agency reported that the activity’s epicenter was located at exactly the same place and depth as that of the quake caused by North Korea’s last known underground nuclear test, on May 25, 2009

http://rt.com/news/north-korea-artificial-earthquake-981/

Seismic activity reported in area of previous North Korea nuclear tests

The seismic disturbance took place at a time when several East Asian countries, including China, North Korea’s major ally, are observing public holidays for the Lunar New Year. It also took place less than 24 hours before President Barack Obama was due to make his State of the Union address.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/11/world/asia/north-korea-seismic-disturbance/

These links are from the Enenews posters

crowd sourced news.. Thanks to Jebus, Anne and Maidhaven

http://enenews.com/forum-general-discussion-thread-nuclear-issues-july-2012/comment-page-45#comment-330442

Statement by CTBTO Executive Secretary Tibor Tóth on the seismic event detected in North Korea as a response to media questions

Vienna, 12 February 2013

“Today our monitoring stations picked up evidence of an unusual seismic event in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The event shows explosion-like characteristics and its location is roughly congruent with the 2006 and 2009 DPRK nuclear tests. For now, further data and analysis are necessary to establish what kind of event this is. If confirmed as a nuclear test, this act would constitute a clear threat to international peace and security, and challenges efforts made to strengthen global nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, in particular by ending nuclear testing.”
Background:

A total of 183 States, the vast majority of the international community, have signed the CTBT, underscoring their support for a definitive ban on nuclear explosions. Of these, 159 countries have also ratified the Treaty. To enter into force, however, the CTBT must be signed and ratified by 44 specific States. These States participated in the negotiations of the Treaty in 1996 and possessed nuclear power or research reactors at the time. Thirty-six of these States have ratified the Treaty, including the three nuclear weapon States – France, Russia and the United Kingdom. Of the eight remaining States, China, Egypt, Iran, Israel and the United States have signed the Treaty, whereas the DPRK, India and Pakistan have not yet signed it.

A verification regime is being built to monitor compliance with the Treaty. Over 85 percent of the 337 facilities in the International Monitoring System are already in place, see interactive map. The Member States are provided with data collected by the monitoring stations, as well as data analyses prepared by the International Data Centre in Vienna, Austria. Once the Treaty has entered into force, an on-site inspection can be invoked in case of a suspicious event.

The North Korean nuclear tests on 9 October 2006 and 25 May 2009 were detected immediately by the CTBTO’s monitoring stations.

For further information on the CTBT, please see www.ctbto.org – your resource on ending nuclear testing,
or contact:

Annika Thunborg,
Spokesperson and Chief, Public Information

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http://www.ctbto.org/press-centre/press-releases/2013/statement-by-ctbto-executive-secretary-tibor-toth-on-the-seismic-event-detected-in-north-korea-as-a-response-to-media-questions/

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