According to seismologists, the earthquake could have been caused by a powerful explosion due to another test of a nuclear bomb in the DPRK.

The earthquake occurred in the north-east of North Korea near the test site, where a preliminary nuclear test was conducted on September 3, the newspaper writes..

It is noted that information about the earthquake was confirmed in South Korea.

It was reported that tremors in magnitude 3.0 occurred in the DPRK in the Kilchu area, near the nuclear test site.

At the same time, South Korean seismologists do not connect the earthquake with nuclear tests and it is considered a natural phenomenon.

As previously reported, URA-Inform, near the coast of the Indonesian island of Java recorded an earthquake, its magnitude on the Richter scale was 5.7 points, the epicenter of tremors was located 125 kilometers northeast of the city of Surabaya.