I think it's more like a release of potential energy; kind of like how you can lightly nudge a large object teetering on the edge of a cliff and it'll make a hu

I think it's more like a release of potential energy; kind of like how you can lightly nudge a large object teetering on the edge of a cliff and it'll make a huge splash at the bottom. It took a lot of energy to create the big splash, but you didn't need much to trigger it.