6.0 AND GREATER EARTHQUAKES ARE REPORTED ON THIS SITE AND ALL EARTHQUAKE STATS PERTAIN TO 6.0 AND GREATER MAGNITUDE QUAKES.

Map: USGS

A major 6.3 magnitude earthquake, or explosion, hit 22 km ENE of Sungjibaegam, North Korea, on September 3, 2017, at 03:30:01 UTC, at a depth of 0 km, reported USGS.

The USGS reported this movement may have been caused by an explosion (rather than seismic activity) near an area previously known to be where North Koreans have detonated nuclear explosions. T...


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