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North Korea claims to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb!

Day 2,970, 06:38 • Published in Cyprus Greece

• by Marakipro

OKYO — North Korea announced Wednesday that it tested its first hydrogen bomb, a major leap in its nuclear program that promptly drew international condemnation.

A statement by the secretive state’s government said “the first H-bomb test was successfully conducted” at 10 a.m. local time Wednesday.

The statement, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency, said the nation has “proudly joined the advanced ranks of nuclear weapons states" and is "equipped with the most powerful nuclear deterrent.”

The announcement came soon after a magnitude-5.1 earthquake was reported by the U.S. Geological Service 30.4 miles from the city of Kilju, North Korea, where the country's Punggye-ri nuclear test site is located.

That is the same area where North Korea conducted nuclear tests in 2006, 2009 and 2013.

The USGS put the depth of the earthquake at 6 miles below the surface, but the South Korea's geological agency said it was near the surface. The earthquake was detected just after 10 a.m. Tokyo time (8 p.m. ET).

A hydrogen bomb is generally considered to be more powerful than a typical nuclear explosive. Also called a thermonuclear bomb, it uses fusion in a chain reaction to create a more powerful detonation than a typical atomic bomb, which uses fission. A hydrogen bomb uses an atomic bomb inside its core to set off fusion reactions that have a devastating effect.