setting off nuclear underground explosions and now many places reporting earthquakes
2006-10-17 18:40:57 · 9 answers · asked by Debbie S 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
technically it is possible, however highly unlikely, that a nuclear bomb detonated underground has the potential to release energy that has built up between to tectonic plates. (if the bomb itself can cause a seismic event, then that energy release could cause another) If this were to occur, it would probably have to be a significant size bome detonated very close to a fault.
Even if this did occur, it would have only caused the inevitable a little sooner. The stress built up between the plates would have eventually been release naturally as an earthquake, just not as soon.
2006-10-17 19:21:49 · answer #1 · answered by spoonman240 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, earthquakes have to do with the tectonic plates of the earth shifting around. An underground explosion wouldn't cause an "earthquake". It did however cause seismic activity. So it essentially did cause the ground to shake in some places but that was just the transfer of energy.
2006-10-17 18:46:09 · answer #2 · answered by Aaron 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure about world wide but it would have some kind of impact on the earth For every + we have a - That's what i think but I'm only one person Did China not have a earthquake the day after the test?
2006-10-17 18:51:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That happens only in movies. Theirs was really small. What you did see on the news is people using seismographs and other instruments to detect the 'sound' of these tests in the same way they detect the 'sound' of earthquakes.
2006-10-17 18:47:22 · answer #4 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they say that bombing Iraq could cause earthquake up to Caucasus region at the time so imagine what a nuke could do !
you have to consider weither the place is on a geological rift or not ....i think that it's the case for Korea ...it is for Japan anyway !
2006-10-17 18:45:55 · answer #5 · answered by webwixen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. If there are dangers resulting from the testing, then earthquakes isn't one of them.
2006-10-17 18:45:15 · answer #6 · answered by amania_r 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nuclear testing registers on seismographs. They do not cause tectonic activity nor could they effect tectonic activity.
2006-10-18 00:25:43 · answer #7 · answered by bunny_952000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How many countries have done earlier and who own those for cause of earthquakes?
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2006-10-17 18:47:22 · answer #8 · answered by sarayu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha ha...no, no.
2006-10-17 18:45:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋