According to the Hungarian National Association of Radio Distress-Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE) which operates Emergency and Disaster Information Service (EDIS), an earthquake-type event has taken place in the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Facility in North Korea, signalling another NUCLEAR TEST DETONATION.
The event allegedly took place at 11:12 AM eastern US time on August 15, 2017. RSOE/EDIS has not specified a magnitude or a depth for this event.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is not reporting the event.
Base data
EDIS Number EQ-20170815-59502-PRK
Event type Earthquake
Date/Time August 15 2017 03:12 PM (UTC)
Last update August 15 2017 03:14 PM (UTC)
Cause of event suspected nuclear test
Damage level Is not or not known Damage level
Affected area Local event : The affected area up to a few kilometers
Geographic information
Continent Asia
Country North Korea
County / State Province of North Hamgyong
Area Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Facility
Settlement
Coordinate 40.96, 129.34