China Says Suspected Blast Caused Minor Quake Near N. Korea

The chimneys of a power station amid the Pyongyang city skyline in North Korea on Feb. 17, 2017. Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

BEIJING—China’s earthquake monitoring agency says a suspected explosion triggered a minor earthquake near its border with North Korea.

China Earthquake Networks Center said on June 17 the magnitude 1.3 earthquake occurred in the evening in Hunchun. The city is in northeastern Jilin Province’s Yanbian prefecture, known for its large ethnic Korean population, and borders North Korea and Russia.