Preface to the Focus Section on North Korea’s September 2017 Nuclear Test and Its Aftermath

Journal Article · 09 October 2018 · Seismological Research Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220180281 · OSTI ID:1511854

Walter, William R. ^[1]; Wen, Lianxing ^[2]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
2. State Univ. of New York (SUNY),Stony Brook, NY (United States)

On September 3, 2017 a large seismic event was detected near the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in North Korea (officially known as the Democratic People Republic of Korea or DPRK) by several geophysical monitoring institutions (for example, the USGS announced it as mb 6.3 event, the CTBTO announced it as a mb 6.1 event). Within a few hours North Korea declared it had carried out its sixth underground nuclear explosion, a test of a hydrogen bomb.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC52-07NA27344
• OSTI ID: 1511854
• Report Number(s): LLNL-JRNL--758525; 946559
• Journal Information: Seismological Research Letters, Journal Name: Seismological Research Letters Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 89; ISSN 0895-0695
• Publisher: Seismological Society of AmericaCopyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English