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    Earthquake In North Korea Sets Off Alarm And Speculation

    The quake occurred close to the site where the country detonated a hydrogen bomb earlier this month.
    by Chris Benderev Sep 23, 2017 2 minutes
    News of the earthquake in North Korea is reported at the Seoul railway station in South Korea on Saturday. / Ahn Young-joon / Shutterstock.com

    Numerous scientific agencies on both sides of the Pacific detected an earthquake Saturday near the site where North Korea set off a hydrogen bomb earlier this month, at first prompting speculation of another weapons test, before a consensus appeared to emerge that the tremor was a natural occurrence.

    Xinhau, China's official news agency, said the country's seismic service registered a 3.4 magnitude event that

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