[meteorite-list] OT: M4.2 --> 2 kilotons

From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Oct 10 10:35:10 2006
Message-ID: <A8044CCD89B24B458AE36254DCA2BD0701DFBB29_at_0005-its-exmp01.us.saic.com>

Hi again,

Did a little Googling and pulled out my pocket calculator; a
4.2-magnitude Richter scale value translates into a very small
atomic bomb -- by my calculations the equivalent of 2.0 kilotons
of TNT. --Rob
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