A tunnel in North Korea appear to have collapse after their last nuclear exam , according to report , leading to the death of up to 200 construction worker .
Japan’sTV Asahireported that the incident occurred on September 10 , one week after the nation had conducted itssixth nuclear test on September 3at the Punggye - ri nuclear test land site under Mount Mantap . It ’s unclear if this burrow founder as a result of the plosion , think to be a hydrogen bomb 10 times as powerfulas the bomb dropped on Hiroshima .
Immediately after the trial on September 3 , a second3.4 - magnitude tremorwas reported , which some expert think may have been the collapse of aprevious burrow .
A week after a new tunnel was being moil under the mountain , perhaps as a replacement , but it give way . television receiver Asahi quoted North Korean sources , who say 100 worker were shoot down by the flop . A further 100 died attempting to rescue them .
But the nuclear tests may have played a part , too . speak to IFLScience , an psychoanalyst for the internet site 38 North – which scrutinises the activities of North Korea – suggested that the nuclear test may have been the causa .
" The aftershock [ after North Korea ’s 6th atomic mental testing ] could well have caused tunnel collapse , " they sound out .
" From past experience , we know that the North Koreans do not waste much fourth dimension going back into area where previous trial were conducted . "
The nuclear tests may have destabilized the part , make the site insecure for tests in future . There is no house of Kim Jong - un empty this trial run site yet , though .
A large cavity up to 60 meters ( 197 pes ) across under the passel couldleak radiationif tests are continue , while there is an ever - present menace of avolcanic eruptionnearby from continued testing .
There are also some suggestion that Mount Mantap may be experiencing “ tired mountain syndrome ” . This is the idea that the mountain may be being geologically alter by the tests , get increased fracturing and rock break .
What this means for the time to come of the internet site is n’t clear.38 Northnotes that “ desertion of the site for atomic examination should not be expected . " If this latest catastrophe is confirmed , however , it certainly does n’t bode too well .
