But Richter scale 4.2 fits on the same area with what the Pakistani's
were doing (the last one I googled had a Pakistani test at about 4.1.)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1690314/posts
Then there's my Richter scale bookmarks with nuke equivalent next page
down:
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=Richter%20scale
Meaning a small nuke fits in the Magnitude 4 area of the scale.
By comparison, we know 1KT explosive puts out 4.0 magnitude quake:
http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/ctbt/news/980521-ctbt.htm
A 4.2 would be about twenty times that 20KT, maybe a little less.
Then in August it was determined NK had actually used a chemical
explosion that registered 2.3 with by only setting off two tons of TNT:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1690314/posts
Perhaps they were excavating the hole with which they did today's test?
Tracy Johnson
Measurement Specialties, Inc.
BT
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> Well, not too fast. Later reports indicate that it is a
> sub-kiloton blast. That means it was very small pop.
>
> In comparison, or "MOAB" has an 18 kiloton yield, and that is
> not a nuclear weapon.
>
> In all probability, they used some of the fissionable
> material they had on hand, and tested the triggering mechanism.
>
> mc
>
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> I just hope the little boy who cried 'WOLF' regarding certain
> other WMD
> didn't blow his chances. Perhaps he just is hoping that NK
> will pop an
> oil gusher as a result of the tremors caused by the test????
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