Japan Quake

[Peter Korsten]

Op 11-3-2011 17:30, Jay Vaughan schreef:

>> That was 23 kilotons. Now the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated was
>> almost 2000 times the power of that (Tsar Bomba), but still you'd need a
>
> You would need approximately 5 TsarBomba's to produce the energy in this quake.

2011 Japan earthquake: 336 MT TNT equivalent.
Tsar Bomba: 50 or 57 MT TNT (energy of a 8.35 quake).

So let's say six. Still, it's crazy that the Russians detonated a bomb 
that was more powerful than the vast majority of earthquakes, and that 
was actually SCALED DOWN from a 100 MT design.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxD44HO8dNQ

- Peter