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To: Gideon7

I looked at that scale. I think it’s off. According to this 5.3 = 90KT

http://www.english.ucla.edu/all-faculty/335-kelly-kiloton-index-of-earthquake-moment-magnitudes


53 posted on 09/08/2016 6:23:51 PM PDT by JPX2011
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To: JPX2011

90 KT would be 6 times Hiroshima.


57 posted on 09/08/2016 6:26:29 PM PDT by Gideon7
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To: JPX2011

I checked Wolfram Alpha and it says 5.3 Richter = 1.3 KT

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=5.3+Richter+scale&wal=header


62 posted on 09/08/2016 6:31:40 PM PDT by Gideon7
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