(01-06-2016, 08:23 AM)Island Chris Wrote: [ -> ]The USGS may remove it because it is not an earthquake, but they have a M5.1 in North Korea
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/e...al_summary
CNN reports this as a hydrogen bomb test.
Chris
USGS has kept them in the past.
I've not had a chance to look into this closely but some question the validity of the claim of it being a thermonuclear test, as those are typically much larger. It could have been a fizzle, in that the "atomic" core detonated but did not successfully initiate a thermonuclear reaction. These bombs are much harder to make.
If I find any more info I'll post. I've had a passing interest in nuclear weapons. Likely from growing up during the Cold War and seeing all those movies like
The Day After,
World War III,
Damnation Alley, both versions of Fail safe (
1964,
2000) , and less seriously but damned funny in
Dr. Strangelove.
Brian