What the records say
- When
- 12 Feb 2013
- Kind
- Nuclear test
- Coordinates
- 41.30° N, 129.07° E
- Description
- North Korea conducts its third underground nuclear test, prompting widespread condemnation and tightened economic sanctions from the international community.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2013 North Korean nuclear test.
2013 North Korean nuclear test
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.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Corea del Norte realiza su prueba nuclear más grande, generando un terremoto de 5,1 en la escala de Richter”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2013年朝鲜核试验”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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