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> Should this be interpreted to mean that the blast had more force than a 3.3 earthquake? Yes. While "force" might not be the right word, your intuition is cor
by EarthIsHome 6y ago
> Should this be interpreted to mean that the blast had more force than a 3.3 earthquake?
Yes. While "force" might not be the right word, your intuition is correct.
- dredmorbius 6y agos/force/energy release/
- gpsx 6y agoWatching a video of the blast, you can see a very large shock wave in the air. A large amount of energy was dissipated this way which would not happen in a normal earthquake. I am sure the fraction could be estimated. In fact, in a fluids physics course I had the teacher said Russia was able to estimate the power of one of the first US test nuclear explosions by watching its video.
- infinite8s 6y agoEnrico Fermi was able to do perform a similar estimate, based on the distance traveled by pieces of paper he dropped from his hand during the blast - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_problem