Mushroom Cloud Seen After N.Korea Explosion

[DamoclesX]

original news source:

www.reuters.com
SEOUL (Reuters) - A mushroom cloud up to 2.5 miles in diameter was seen after an explosion in a remote area of North Korea near the border with China, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday, quoting sources in Beijing.
The South Korean news agency said Thursday's blast in Kimhyungjik county in Yanggang province appeared to much worse than a train explosion that killed at least 170 people in April.

South Korean intelligence officials said they were monitoring the report, but declined detailed comment.

The data from the Data from station MDJ (Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang Province, China shows a burst of activity at 2300 local time today lasting >50 minutes
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/ ... _24hr.html


I dont know what to make of this yet
cnn is saying it could be a forest fires.. but I checked the weather and its not forest fire condition.. and forest fires dont cause massive craters and 2.5 mile high mushroom coulds.

[feld]

Lots of sources that should know are saying it wasn't a nuke. While I don't know of a way that forest fires could make a mushroom cloud, any explosion that is large enough will make one. N. Korea supposedly has a facility for launching medium range ballistic missiles in the area. see here
Given that the Taepo-Dong series are liquid fuelled, an explosion does not seem unlikely...the US and the Russians should had enough trouble with them when they started out.

[DamoclesX]

ya, the news finally came out, I guess they were blowing up a mountain or something.


makes sence now that I think of it, cause all the sesmic graphs were reading like there was 10-15 explosions in a row not one big one.

But I didnt know if I was just reading the things wrong.. not exactly a geo-expert