What the records say
- When
- Jan 2016
- Kind
- Nuclear test
- Coordinates
- 41.31° N, 129.03° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, January 2016 North Korean nuclear test.
Summary
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake near Sungjibaegam, North Korea, was suspected to be a nuclear explosion at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site. North Korea announced it had conducted a hydrogen bomb test (January 2016 North Korean nuclear test).
2 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2016年1月朝鲜核试验”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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