North Korea 'Quake' Is Suspected Nuclear Test

North Korea may have carried out a threatened nuclear test as monitoring agencies report an "unusual seismic event".

An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale was detected just north of a site where Pyongyang conducted nuclear tests in 2009.

The South Korean Defence Ministry, which raised its military alert level after the quake, said the suspected test had an explosive yield of between six and seven kilotonnes.

Spokesman Kim Min Seok said it had "enormous destructive power".

A UN nuclear test monitoring organisation detected what it called an "unusual seismic event" in North Korea.

Tibor Toth, executive secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO), said the event's location was "roughly congruent with" nuclear tests carried out by North Korea in 2006 and 2009.

"If confirmed as a nuclear test, this act would constitute a clear threat to international peace and security, and challenge efforts made to strengthen global nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, in particular by ending nuclear testing," he added.

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