Source: Xinhua| 2017-09-03 12:11:32|Editor: Song Lifang

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SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Sunday convened an emergency National Security Council (NSC) meeting after a shallow earthquake was detected in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

The presidential Blue House said via text message that President Moon called the emergency NSC meeting at 1:30 p.m. local time (0430 GMT).

According to South Korea's meteorological agency cited by local media outlets, a 5.6-magnitude shallow earthquake was detected in the DPRK.