September 2016 North Korean nuclear test information
September 2016 North Korea nuclear test
Graphic from the United States Geological Survey showing the location of seismic activity at the time of the test
Information
Country
North Korea
Test site
41°17′53″N129°00′54″E / 41.298°N 129.015°E / 41.298; 129.015,[1] Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, Kilju County
Period
09:00:01, 9 September 2016 (2016-09-09T09:00:01) UTC+08:30 (00:30:01 UTC)[1]
Number of tests
1
Test type
Underground
Max. yield
Exact yield was not announced by North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)
Estimated at about 10 kilotons of TNT (42 TJ) (South Korea estimation)[2]
20–30 kilotons of TNT (84–126 TJ) (Jeffrey Lewis of the California-based Middlebury Institute of International Studies)[3]
25 kilotons of TNT (100 TJ) (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources)[4]
11.9–23.7 kilotons of TNT (50–99 TJ) (University of Science and Technology of China)[5]
Test chronology
← January 2016 test
2017 test →
2km 1.2miles
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West
East
North portal
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Location of North Korea's nuclear tests[6][7] 1: 2006; 2: 2009; 3: 2013; 4: 2016-01; 5: 2016-09; 6: 2017;
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Nuclear tests
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See also
1994 North Korean nuclear crisis
2017–2018 North Korea crisis
Korean People's Army
Korean People's Army Strategic Rocket Force
Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center
Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site
Ryanggang explosion
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The government of North Korea conducted a nuclear detonation on 9 September 2016, the fifth since 2006, at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, approximately 50 kilometres (30 miles) northwest of Kilju City in Kilju County.[8]
^ ab"M5.3 Explosion – 19 km ENE of Sungjibaegam, North Korea". United States Geological Survey. 9 September 2016. Archived from the original on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
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^"North Korea's Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site: Analysis Reveals Its Potential for Additional Testing with Significantly Higher Yields". 38North. 10 March 2017.
^"North Korea conducts apparent nuclear weapons test". USA Today. 8 September 2016. Archived from the original on 9 September 2016.
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