Nuclear weapons test in North Korea
The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea has according to reports of international media and the Comprehensiv test ban treaty organisation (CTBTO) committed an underground nuclear weapons test on Feb. 12., 2013 at ca. 12:00 local time (3:00 UTC). This created a seismic event of magnitude M=5.2 (Quelle: BGR). The seismic waves arrived after ca. 11 minutes and 36 seconds the seismic stations of the Seismmological Observatory (7500 km distance) and are clearly seen in the seismograms.
Recent seismic events
Details on the stations can be found in the left-hand side menu at section stations. The tables only list events with ML >= 1.2. You can also view these events in a map (testing, expect changes).
Ruhr coal mining district
Year Mo Day hh:min ML Region
(local time)
Ibbenburen coal mining district
Year Mo Day hh:min ML Region
(local time)