SEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) — The Korea Meteorological Agency (KMA) said it detected an earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale in Kilju, North Korea, on Monday morning. . The KMA analyzed that this earthquake was “natural” and not “man-made”, which would have meant a nuclear test. The epicenter was 42 km north-northeast of Kilju County, North Hamkyong Province, and the earthquake struck at 10:4:38 a.m.
The geographical coordinates were 41.30° North latitude and 129.12° East longitude, at a depth of 14 km. It should be noted that Kilju is an administrative county that hosts the Punggye-ri nuclear test site (41.16° North latitude and 129.05° East longitude). The previous detection of an earthquake in Kilju dated back to June 25. Today’s is the 9th since the beginning of this year.
Magnitude 3.3 earthquake detected in Kilju, North Korea
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2023-07-03 03:46:38
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