File: Seismic monitors detected a 5.3 magnitude seismic event near a nuclear test site in the northeastern part of North Korea on Friday, soon after the country admitted it had conducted its fifth nuclear test.
SEOUL- North Korea announced on Friday it had conducted its fifth nuclear test, hours after seismic monitors detected a blast near the secretive country's nuclear test site.
North Korea's state TV said the North was now capable of mounting nuclear warheads on ballistic rockets.
It said no leakage of nuclear material had occurred in the test and that there was no environmental impact.
The US Geological Survey reported a 5.3-magnitude seismic event in the country earlier on Friday.
It said the seismic activity occurred near a nuclear test site in the northeastern part of the county.
The event at 9:00am local time had a zero depth. Its epicentre was 18 km east-northeast of Sungjibaegam, North Korea, the USGS said.
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