big volcano in North Korea might be about ready to blow

[franksolich]

http://www.newsweek.com/north-koreas-nuclear-blast-second-mystery-shock-felt-china-shuts-volcano-park-665517

Oh my.

I wasn't even aware Korea had volcanos, and this appears to be a rather big one.

But if it blows, should any of us care?

China fears nuclear tests could activate N Korean volcano

China has limited access to a nature reserve on its border with North Korea after mysterious seismic shakes at the rogue nation's nuclear test site were detected less than 10 minutes after it launched a missile earlier this month. 

Beijing [Peking] reportedly closed the site over fears that underground detonations by the North Koreans at a facility near Punggye-ri could lead to rockslides and even trigger an eruption of the active volcano Mount Paektu, which is sacred to North Korea and located right on the border between the two countries.....

.....For an individual nuclear detonation to do serious damage to the volcano, previous research shows, the blast would need to be at least 100 kilotons, which the explosion earlier this month was estimated to be.

[Rick]

Yes, if just for the comic relief.