North Korea says it tested a hydrogen bomb on Wednesday.The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 5.1 magnitude earthquakeearly Wednesday (UTC) near the site of previous North Korean nuclear tests.The test site is in the mountainous northeastern part of the country,near the border with China.North Korea announced the test on its state-run broadcast.The announcer said the test was"a self-defensive measure to thoroughly protect our nation's autonomy."A spokesman from the National Security Council in the United States saysit is too soon to confirm North Korea's claim.But if the claim is true, he saysthe U.S. "will respond appropriately to any and all North Korean provocations."The last confirmed nuclear test by North Korea came in 2013.If it was a nuclear test,an analyst from Korea Defense Network says,it was more powerful than previous testsbased on the seismic activity it produced."North Korea's nuclear test could have been2.5 times more powerful than Hiroshima," he said.But intelligence officials from South Koreasay they think the blast was not that powerful.They think the test produced an explosionless than half as strong as the one in Hiroshima during World War II.Both South Korean President Park Geun-Hyeand Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned the test.Abe says, "North Korea's nuclear testis a serious threat to our nation's securityand absolutely cannot be tolerated."The United Nations Security Councilwill hold an emergency meeting Wednesdayto discuss North Korea's claim of a test.Last year, North Korean leader Kim Jong Unsaid his country had developed a hydrogen bomb.If North Korea's claim turns out to be true,it will have been the second nuclear test under Kim's leadership.