Radiating Energy (image)

The Earth Institute at Columbia University

Caption

A 2017 nuclear bomb test at North Korea's Mt. Mantap (star) set off subsequent earthquakes northwest of the test site over a period of 8 months. Seismic stations in Russia, China and South Korea picked up the tremors.

Credit

Won-Young Kim/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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