is it possible? if they test under ground, maybe it cause some tremors under the sea? just curious and hope that is not the case..
2006-10-15 07:01:52 · 9 answers · asked by salome 5 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Its entirely possible a atomic bomb could cause an Earthquake. But I would think the earthquake would be felt in the immediate area of the blast.
I also would not be using a nuke any where near an inactive volcano either.
2006-10-15 07:40:00 · answer #1 · answered by John16 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that any nuclear test would trigger an earthquake anywhere, especially several thousand miles away. Also, I have my doubts as to whether N.K. actually detonated a nuke. They are using (at best) antiquated Soviet technology. Back in the 50s my outfit was tracking missile launches from the Kamchatka Peninsula. One went up to about 12,000 feet, did a "180", and came straight back down. Didn't hear from that launch area again for about a year. I suspect N.K. has about the same degree of expertise today (not that this test involved a missile). I am reminded of the old saboteurs' answer as to how you can screw up a city's water supply: (1) poison it, or (2) say that you did. Note that the second method is a heck of a lot easier.
2006-10-15 16:25:44 · answer #2 · answered by Pete 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the bomb the North Koreans tested had a yield of 1/2 a Kiloton and resulted in a 3.6 magnitude earthquake in comparison in the 60's and 70's the US and USSR detonated bombs with a yield of 10-50 MEGATONS. These bombs were more then 10,000 times more powerful then the North Korean bomb and no worldwide earthquakes ever resulted from those tests. The theory that a small bomb in North Korea could cause an earthquake in Hawaii two weeks later is ridiculous
2006-10-15 15:42:50 · answer #3 · answered by Blshear 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no thats way far awya besides the epicenter was off the coast of 1 of the islands not possible they don't have a device that powerful
2006-10-15 16:47:18 · answer #4 · answered by novaicedogs9 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course it will somewhere somethings got to give after a massive explosion like that!
Shame it did,NT back fire & put all those little yellow moth_rfu_kers on the moon!!
2006-10-15 14:12:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it could have been powerful enough to trigger earthquakes thousands of miles away.
2006-10-15 14:09:22 · answer #6 · answered by oceansoflight777 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No way, it was caused by Global warming, and the use of fossil fuels. Doesn't that cause everthing.
2006-10-15 14:09:49 · answer #7 · answered by Roadkill 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd say it was likely. I wish people would realize how everything is connected and what we do effects everything else.
2006-10-15 14:04:58 · answer #8 · answered by Cindy P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
than should we see this as a declaration of war, or a good excuse to go to war with them anyway
2006-10-15 17:31:17 · answer #9 · answered by acid tongue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋