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

From: Dave Carothers <david.carothers_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Oct 10 19:59:30 2006
Message-ID: <00a001c6ecc8$1c815490$6401a8c0_at_WINBOOKJ>

What's known in the trade as a "plaster cracker" as opposed to one of the
more powerful city whackers.

Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matson, Robert" <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com>
To: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 3:16 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] OT: M4.2 --> 2 kilotons


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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