North Korean nuclear test sets off years of earthquakes

	North Korean nuclear test sets off years of earthquakes(science.org)
	219 points by rbanffy 25 days ago \| 179 comments
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	HN Discussion: ↓Article overstates significance; the earthquakes are tiny and comparable to fracking events ↓Article fails to distinguish between meaningful earthquakes and imperceptible micro-tremors ↓This might actually be beneficial by releasing seismic energy gradually rather than catastrophically ↓Coverage is biased since western nuclear tests don't receive similar critical scrutiny •Curious about the methodology, particularly how triggered quakes are distinguished from background seismicity