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To: bitt

https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/6062

NASA estimates that the magnitude of the eruption of the underwater volcano near Tonga over the weekend was equivalent to ten megatons of TNT, more than 500 times the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 and probably also the most powerful eruption of a volcano. Since 1883.


2,210 posted on 01/18/2022 12:37:32 PM PST by Darnright ("To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you're not allowed to criticize." ~ Voltaire)
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To: Darnright
The energy output can be estimated based on the size of quake.

2 x 10^19 Joules math for Mount Pinatubo VEI-6 eruption

2 x 10^12 joules Tonga
VEI (likely a 5) link gives estimated strength based on quake


2,212 posted on 01/18/2022 2:43:06 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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