Reply #130: This does NOT look like a nuke test

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See the telemetry data from Japan and South Korea stations: http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/MAJO_24hr.html
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/INCN_24hr.html

Now look at a chart comparing earthquakes to nuclear tests:


Also, use Google Earth to look at the epicenter as reported by USGS (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/ustqab.php)
41.311°N, 129.114°E

It looks like it's on top of a mountain, far from any roads.

This doesn't look like a nuclear test to me. But if it is a nuke test, it caused a 4.2 Richter event so it's only about 1 kiloton. The US dropped bigger conventional bombs on Afghanistan.