List of North Korean nuclear tests

North Korea and weapons
of mass destruction

Events Missile tests 1993 1998 2006 2009 2013 Nuclear tests 2006 2009 2013 Weapons Taepodong-1 Taepodong-2 See also 2013 Korean crisis Korean People's Army Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site Ryanggang explosion Songun Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground Yongbyon

The nation of North Korea has conducted a number of nuclear tests. These include:

• 2006 North Korean nuclear test, North Korea's first nuclear test which may have resulted as a nuclear fizzle.
• 2009 North Korean nuclear test, North Korea's first unambiguously successful nuclear test.
• 2013 North Korean nuclear test, a 1 km underground test, which may shortly include one or two more nuclear weapons.

List of nuclear tests conducted by North Korea

Date	Location	Depth	Seismic intensity	Yield estimate	References
2006-10-09 01:35:28	41.290°N 129.090°E / 41.290; 129.090	Unknown	4.3	Range: 0.7-10 kt 4 kt ≤ 1 kt 0.7-2 kt 4 kt 5-10 kt (originally 5-15 kt) ≥ 0.8 kt <1 kt 0.8 kt
2009-05-25 00:54:43	41.306°N 129.029°E / 41.306; 129.029	Unknown	4.7	Range: 1-20 kt 5-12 kt 3-8 kt 10-20 kt 1-20 kt 2.4 kt
2013-02-12 02:57:51	41.301°N 129.066°E / 41.301; 129.066	1 km	5.1	Range: 6-40 kt Range: 6-12 kt (not including outliers) 40 kt 12 kt 10 kt > 7 kt 6-9 kt (originally 6-7 kt)

See also

• Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, the test site where all three nuclear tests have allegedly taken place.
• 2013 Korean crisis, the event that caused the third nuclear test to occur.

Other tests

• Ryanggang explosion, a large explosion in 2004 that was originally speculated as a potential nuclear test.
• 2010 North Korean fusion claims, regarding a claim made by the Rodong Sinmun that North Korea has successfully carried out a nuclear fusion reaction.
• Fourth North Korean nuclear test, a test that is thought to occur soon.