North Korea announced that it has successfully completed testing of her first hydrogen bomb

On Tuesday, at 10 am local time in Pyunggye-ri, North Korea, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook the ground. A few hours later, officials in North Korea announced on state television the country had successfully tested its first hydrogen bomb.

This is suspected to be the third such nuclear test since 2006, BBC reports.

In the announcement, a reporter on North Korean state TV simply said,
 The republic’s first hydrogen bomb test has been successfully performed at 10:00 am on January 6, 2016.