Powerful Explosion Detected In North Korea In Possible Nuclear Weapons Test

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in an undated photo released by the North Korean government.

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A powerful tremor was detected early Sunday in North Korea — a suspected nuclear weapons test — hours after the reclusive regime claimed to have developed a hydrogen bomb.

The US Geological Survey recorded a 6.3 magnitude earthquake at a depth of 0.0 km, a strong indicator the event may have been a nuclear test conducted by Kim Jong Un's military. The USGS described the event as an "explosion."

North Korea's statement on their development of a more advanced hydrogen bomb and a possible nuclear test could once again strain already-tense relations between the communist country and the United States.

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