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>this energy amounts to about 15,080 kilotons of TNT. (About the same as the Castle Bravo nuclear test) I thought of mentioning Castle Bravo or Tsar Bomba as c
by southernplaces7 3y ago
>this energy amounts to about 15,080 kilotons of TNT. (About the same as the Castle Bravo nuclear test)
I thought of mentioning Castle Bravo or Tsar Bomba as contray examples of my general argument, but I simply stated "normal nuke". Neither Bravo or Tsar were at all normal nukes and especially by modern design standards that focus more on the multi-kiloton range and precision-guided multiple strikes against a given area target.
Even with those insanely giant old bombs, I wouldn't absolutely be sure that they'd achieve a massive tension release, even in a fault as tense as the San Andreas. Such a thing is likely just a bit too variable-prone to model effectively.
As for something like a Hiroshima type bomb doing it, bloody unlikely. The original post comment simply mentioned a bomb so I didn't want to stray into the biggest mega explosives of human military history.