Several reports from overseas press--mostly Indian--suggesting that a moderate earthquake in northern Iran was a nuclear test. For instance, a news story from India.com (via MSN.com) states:
An earthquake of moderate intensity occurred in Iran and Israel on Saturday night, October 5. Strangely enough, both the countries experienced the earthquake at a marginal difference in the timing. In such a situation, it is being speculated whether Iran has conducted its nuclear test.
The earthquake occurred in the Aradan city of Semnan province in Iran. Its intensity was 4.5 on the Richter scale.
The earthquake occurred at around 10:45 pm local time and its epicentre was at a depth of only 10 kilometers from the ground. The tremors were felt in Tehran which is 110 kilometers away from the epicenter of the earthquake, reports the US Geological Survey.
Another article, this one from Pakistan reports:
The epicentre of the quake was reportedly around 10 kilometres beneath the surface and close to an Iranian nuclear power plant. The earthquake's depth and proximity to a nuclear facility are now raising eyebrows.
Such a seismic event is typically the result of an earthquake, but speculation has arisen on social media suggesting the event was instead an underground nuclear test carried out by the Islamic Republic in response to Israeli threats to bomb Tehran's nuclear energy and oil facilities.
I haven't seen any articles concerning the earthquake or possible test outside of India and the Middle-East, so make of it what you will.
There are inevitably radioactive gases that make their way to the atmosphere. If a nuclear test, it will be known soon enough.
ReplyDeleteNothing yet, so it appears to just have been a shallow earthquake.
Delete10km is too deep.
ReplyDeleteIt seems so.
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