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To: markomalley

Fizzle Alert?


18 posted on 05/24/2009 8:09:37 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (If Liberals' GOAL was the Destruction of Western Civilization, would their behavior differ?)
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To: Uncle Miltie

5-15 kilotons.


22 posted on 05/24/2009 8:11:09 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Uncle Miltie

With reported magnitudes of 4.7 from USGS and 4.9 from EMSC, this definitely wasn’t a fizzle.

The 2006 test was magnitude 4.2 - but remember the magnitude scale is logarithmic.

This test is on the scale of Hiroshima or Trinity.


29 posted on 05/24/2009 8:13:06 PM PDT by Strategerist
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