Looks like there's a BIG difference and it would be pointed out by the Brits.
I remember hearing that they monitor things like this and they picked up the KURSK's explosion when that happened.
Posted on 05/28/2004 6:25:15 AM PDT by areafiftyone
QUAKE ROCKS IRAN
An earthquake has rocked the northern Iranian city of Sari.
More follows . .
And in the streets the children screamed
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
AMERICAN PIE Don McLean
Blast from the past Friend!
That was one of my favorites during the 70's.
What kind of Richter measurement would be picked up from an underground nuke test?
Good question.
http://www.llnl.gov/str/Walter.html
Just found this...
Looks like there's a BIG difference and it would be pointed out by the Brits.
I remember hearing that they monitor things like this and they picked up the KURSK's explosion when that happened.
TEHRAN, Iran - A 5.5-magnitude earthquake in northern Iran killed at least six people and injured eight, state-run Tehran radio reported.
Five people were killed in Mazandaran province and one in Qazvin province, the radio said.
The quake also damaged homes and buildings in both provinces.
In Kelardasht, 62 miles north of Tehran, eight people were injured and 30 buildings were damaged by the quake, which struck at 5:08 p.m. local time.
Officials at Tehran University seismological center said the quake had a magnitude of 5.5 and its epicenter was in the village of Baladeh, 43 miles northeast of Tehran, in Mazandaran province close to the Caspian Sea.
The center said there were 12 aftershocks, including one with a 4.4-magnitude.
Ah, a very noticable difference. Thanks for digging that up.
Not anything close to 6.2 unless they were testing a multimegaton device. The largest underground U.S. nuclear test, Cannikin on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians, had a yield of just under 5 megatons and produced energies equivalent to a 6.8-6.9 on the Richter scale.
Also, underground nuclear detonations create very unique seismic waves that can easily be distinguished from a natural earthquake. The only two nuclear tests conducted East of the Mississippi River took place near Hattiesburg, Mississippi and were part of a series to determine if it was possible to conduct a clandestine nuclear test.
I wonder what this will cost US?
Looks like only 5 hurt and very little damage.
So only a couple billion right?
HA!
That is right near Tehran. Bet they felt it.
They can't. It's too expensive. See: Rebar, Steel Prices Continue To Soar
Oh, what a shame. I am off but am supervising termiting treatment at the house. Sooo ...
Do not wish the people of Iran ill. The people of Iran are pro-western-its the mullahs that are controlling them. The people of Iran will soon throww off the shackles of oppression and join the western world.
MORE THAN 80 VILLAGES DAMAGED IN IRAN QUAKE
TEHRAN, May 28 (Reuters) - More than 80 villages have been 20 to 100 percent damaged by an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, the governor of Qazvin province northwest of Tehran told state television on Friday.
"The linking roads to some villages are blocked," said Massoud Emami.
He said the province had put out a call for food and tents. Troops were mobilising to help the villagers.
Let's get small! 
Office-bound ~ not a pretty picture unless you're into bondage. :)
I am off but am supervising termiting treatment at the house. Sooo ...
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LOL! I got that done last month, and after all the drilling and digging and dog barking, I'd almost rather be here at work.
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