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It is the first run through the isolated domineering state has effectively tried a hydrogen bomb, with the UK joining partners in denouncing the move.
It likewise denote a stage closer to tubby despot Kim Jong-Un's objective of making a rocket that could achieve the US.
Outside Secretary Philip Hammond called the test a "grave break" of UN Security Council resolutions as North Korea was denounced far and wide.
Pyongyang portrayed the test as an "immaculate accomplishment", with the declaration celebrated in the city of Pyongyang, where a substantial group assembled before a railroad station to watch on an extra large screen.
The H-bomb could be many times more capable than whatever other weapon North Korea has already tried, if the cases end up being valid.
South Korean officials detected an magnitude 5.1 "artificial earthquake" this morning, 30 miles north of the base notorious for North Korean nuke tests.
It is the fourth nuclear test completed by the Communist nation and its first effective one with a hydrogen bomb, Pyongyang has affirmed.
North Korean's state news organization said: "If there's no intrusion on our power we won't utilize atomic weapon.
"This H-bomb test conveys us to a more elevated amount of atomic force."
South Korea marked the test a "grave incitement" and "a demonstration that debilitates our lives and future." Japan's PM Shinzo Abe said: "We completely can't permit this."
In Pyongyang, the declaration was welcomed with a surge of nationalistic pride.
Kim Sok Chol, 32, said he doesn't know much in regards to H-bombs, however included: "Since we have it the U.S. won't assault us."
College understudy Ri Sol Yong, 22, said: "On the off chance that we didn't have intense atomic weapons, we would have as of now been transformed into the slaves of the US."
On the off chance that the reports are genuine, it is likely North Korea will confront harder authorizations from the United Nations.
It could take weeks to decide reality of the reports, if by any means, as North Korea is infamous for making a huge effort to hide its weapons testing from the West.
Kim Jong-un said in a chilling New Year's message that North Korea is prepared for NUCLEAR WAR.
The stout despot talked about the need to build his nation's military may, so they can respond to incitement from obtrusive pariahs.