(VOVworld) – South Korea’s Yonhap news agency quoted a government source as saying that there was high possibility that North Korea had tested its 5th nuclear warhead.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un |
Yonhap said an earthquake registering a five on the Richter scale was recorded on September 9 at the site where North Korea conducted its 4th nuclear test in January.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said they were investigating the matter.
The US Geological Survey, USGS, also reported a possible explosion of magnitude 5.3 occurred in North Korea on September 9. This seismic event had explosion-like characteristics and occurred where North Korea has detonated nuclear explosions in the past.