BEIJING (AFP): A "suspected explosion" near the China-North Korean border caused a small earthquake on Monday (June 17), Chinese seismology authorities said, less than an hour after news broke about Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming trip to Pyongyang.
According to the China Earthquake Networks Centre, the 1.3-magnitude earthquake with a zero-metre depth occurred at 7.38pm (1138 GMT) in Hunchun city in northeastern Jilin province.
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