Nuclear North Korea

1 of 2
70-120
10
6-9
6-9
2-6
<1
2006
'08
2010
'12
2014
'16
2017
Kilotons
Magnitude
100
50
10
Kim Jong-il
Kim Jong-un

Sources: USGS,

NORSAR
1945
1960
1980
2000
2017
North Korea
China
United States
USSR/
Russia
over 100kt
225kt
200kt
400kt
Kilotons <10 50 >100

On September 3, 2017 North Korea tested its latest nuclear weapon, which was estimated to be up to eight times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

The underground explosion at the Punggye-ri test site in the far northeast of the hermit kingdom caused earth tremors that could be felt across the border in China and as far away as Russia’s eastern sea port of Vladivostok.

Here's how North Korea’s weapon development programme compares with those of other nuclear-armed nations.