<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> 2006 North Korean Nuclear Test </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Graphic showing seismic activity at the time of the test </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Information </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> North Korea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Test site </Th> <Td> Punggye - ri Nuclear Test Site , Kilju County . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Period </Th> <Td> 10 : 35 : 28 KST , October 9 , 2006 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Number of tests </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Test type </Th> <Td> Unknown </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Device type </Th> <Td> Fission </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Max . yield </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 0.48 kilotons of TNT ( 2.0 TJ ) ( Chinese academics ) </Li> <Li> 0.55 -- 12 kilotons of TNT ( 2.3 -- 50.2 TJ ) ( Jane 's Defence Weekly & South Korean estimates , but raised doubts on the lower end estimates because it does not correspond with the 4.2 Richter scale ) </Li> <Li> 5 -- 15 kilotons of TNT ( 21 -- 63 TJ ) </Li> <Li> 0.7 -- 2 kilotons of TNT ( 2.9 -- 8.4 TJ ) ( Estimations from Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Test chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> ← None 2009 test → </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> 2006 North Korean Nuclear Test </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Graphic showing seismic activity at the time of the test </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Information </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> North Korea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Test site </Th> <Td> Punggye - ri Nuclear Test Site , Kilju County . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Period </Th> <Td> 10 : 35 : 28 KST , October 9 , 2006 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Number of tests </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Test type </Th> <Td> Unknown </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Device type </Th> <Td> Fission </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Max . yield </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 0.48 kilotons of TNT ( 2.0 TJ ) ( Chinese academics ) </Li> <Li> 0.55 -- 12 kilotons of TNT ( 2.3 -- 50.2 TJ ) ( Jane 's Defence Weekly & South Korean estimates , but raised doubts on the lower end estimates because it does not correspond with the 4.2 Richter scale ) </Li> <Li> 5 -- 15 kilotons of TNT ( 21 -- 63 TJ ) </Li> <Li> 0.7 -- 2 kilotons of TNT ( 2.9 -- 8.4 TJ ) ( Estimations from Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Test chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> ← None 2009 test → </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when did north korea set off its first nuclear bomb
when did north korea set off its first nuclear bomb
10 : 35 : 28 KST , October 9 , 2006
10 : 35 : 28 KST , October 9 , 2006