Comment on Blast from attack on Russian arms depot picked up on earthquake monitors

mayo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  240 tons of TNT is 0.24 kT, not 2.4 kT.

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  • mayo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    1500T TNT is equivalent to 15KT and then 240KT is 16% of 1500. Comes out to 2.4KT?

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    • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      No, 1500 T = 1.5 kT.

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      • mayo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Oh ya I’ve made a big mess of this. Oops. Thanks for the correction.

        I was reading it as 1500TNT is equivalent to a nuke with a 15KT yield. Totally wrong:

        nuclearweaponsedproj.mit.edu/orders-of-magnitude

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