US: Magnitude 3.5 Quake Detected in N. Korea

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A small earthquake shook North Korea early Saturday, according to South Korean officials, raising fears that the country had carried out another nuclear test amid its escalating dispute with the US. The quake happened near where North Korea has carried out other nuclear tests, which have registered as small earthquakes, though opinions are split on the source of the latest quake, the Guardian reports.  

"A key method is to look at the seismic waves or seismic acoustic waves and the latter can be detected in the case of a man-made earthquake," a South Korean meteorological official says. "In this case we saw none. So as of now, we are categorizing this as a natural earthquake.".

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