Update: Chinese authorities are taking responsibility for Monday's blast, claiming it happened on their side of the border. Reporters pointed out that the magnitude of the blast was much smaller than a nuclear test, and Chinese authorities have advised that this was not a nuclear test.

Chinese authorities said this is a magnitude 1.3 event at zero depth on the Chinese side of the border. It's not a nuclear test. USE-FULL-LINK-POKoCcgYkl
— Vincent Lee (@Rover829) June 17, 2019

Construction blasts of a certain scale can have bigger readings than a 1.3 - there was an instance a few yrs ago when such a blast created a 2+ reading in NK territory.

Last North Korea nuclear test had a reading of ~6.1 - that's much, much more powerfu;
— Vincent Lee (@Rover829) June 17, 2019



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