3.5 Magnitude Quake - Tonopah Test Range

Just saw this come across the wire. 3.5 Magnitude earthquake reported occurring on the surface at no depth smack dab in the center of Tonopah Test Range in NV. What kind of bomb would be needed to create an earthquake of this size, or do you think it was natural?

MAP 3.5 2010/02/22 02:53:48 37.629 -116.796 0.0 39 km ( 24 mi) SW of Silverbow, NV

earthquake.usgs.gov...

Coordinates are: 37.629°N, 116.796°W

Paste coordinates in google search for map location.

73 tons of TNT?
www.seismo.unr.edu...

Why one of these here bad boy's I spect......




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Originally posted by Phage
73 tons of TNT?
www.seismo.unr.edu...

very informative link

very good reading

thanks

Originally posted by 1kftabove

Originally posted by Phage
73 tons of TNT?
www.seismo.unr.edu...

very informative link

very good reading

thanks

That's a ditto from me, although my brain went to sleep looking at the equations

I see one that happened last Sunday.
www.data.scec.org...
But that wave form is unavailable.
Hmmmmmmm

Just please tell me we are not going to be coming back to this thread in whatever time from now it takes, for us to say, hey wait a minute.... remember that thread three weeks ago, about an earthquake on the test range in Nevada..... dang, why didn't we get it back then.... Hmmmmmm?????

Which coincindently also occurred at 0 hypocentral depth.....jus saying

reply to post by freetree64


Well after reading phages link and coupled with the accusations the US is making against IRAN hiding nuclear bases inside of mountains I wonder if we aren't testing some super bunker buster bigger to take care of that problem.

reply to post by ExPostFacto


Exactly my thought, and that's what my meaning was. As you say, I have a feeling this thread may lie dormant for a moment, but, will make a comeback, when the SHTF, hopefully not, but we shall see...

reply to post by freetree64


I wonder if a tactical nuke would create a disturbance of this nature? You are right though time will tell.

A 70 ton blast far exceeds what we have seen thus far with MOABS and Daisy Cutter ordinance:

On 11 September 2007 the Russian military announced that it had tested what it called the "Father of All Bombs". Described as the world's most powerful non-nuclear air-delivered munition, the Russian military claimed it was four times more powerful than the American "Mother Of All Bombs." While the Russian bomb was reported to contain 7.8 tons of "thermobaric" explosive, compared to the more than 8 tons of explosives in the American bomb, the Russian bomb was said to use more highly efficient explosive, with a yield equivalent to 44 tons of TNT. The bomb was reported to have a blast radius of 300 meters, double that of the American bomb, while the temperature at the epicenter was also reported to be twice as high

The Tonopah quake, if man made, would have made quite a blast for a conventional weapon!

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[edit on 2/23/2010 by clay2 baraka]

Originally posted by ExPostFacto
reply to post by freetree64

 

I wonder if a tactical nuke would create a disturbance of this nature? You are right though time will tell.

If you go read Phage's link you would find this in the chart

4.0 1,000 tons Small Nuclear Weapon

must have tested a bunker buster uav...

little pregame showÉ

Sorry Folks, nothing to see here - move along.

EQ ID,Network Src,Version,Date/Time UTC,Latitude,Longitude,Magnitude,No Of Rept Stns,Depth(Km),Location,Revised
00305582,nn,1,23/02/2010 16:10:30,37.6310,-116.7970,1.60,26,0.00,Nevada,False
00305514,nn,1,22/02/2010 08:32:17,37.6310,-116.7970,1.40,19,0.00,Nevada,False
00305504,nn,2,22/02/2010 02:53:48,37.6290,-116.7960,3.50,18,0.00,Nevada,False
00305490,nn,1,21/02/2010 16:21:22,37.6310,-116.7970,1.70,29,0.00,Nevada,False
00305470,nn,1,21/02/2010 01:43:08,37.6310,-116.7720,1.50,21,2.00,Nevada,False
00305455,nn,1,20/02/2010 12:27:54,37.6310,-116.7970,1.60,29,0.00,Nevada,False
00305434,nn,1,20/02/2010 01:31:24,37.6510,-116.7710,1.50,15,0.00,Nevada,False
00305431,nn,1,20/02/2010 00:07:44,37.6510,-116.7960,1.40,16,0.00,Nevada,False
00305429,nn,1,19/02/2010 23:49:39,37.6310,-116.7970,1.60,30,0.00,Nevada,False
00305428,nn,1,19/02/2010 23:48:10,37.6300,-116.7460,1.40,21,0.00,Nevada,False
00305390,nn,1,19/02/2010 20:38:06,37.6510,-116.7710,1.90,33,0.00,Nevada,False
00305328,nn,1,19/02/2010 14:02:59,37.6110,-116.7720,1.60,34,0.00,Nevada,False
00305317,nn,1,19/02/2010 10:58:27,37.6310,-116.7970,1.60,29,0.00,Nevada,False
00305312,nn,1,19/02/2010 09:37:58,37.6310,-116.7970,1.40,22,0.00,Nevada,False
00305309,nn,1,19/02/2010 08:59:34,37.6100,-116.7460,1.40,23,0.00,Nevada,False
00305303,nn,2,19/02/2010 04:41:57,37.6320,-116.7950,2.00,28,0.00,Nevada,True
00305302,nn,2,19/02/2010 04:08:27,37.6380,-116.7830,1.20,25,0.00,Nevada,True
00305300,nn,2,19/02/2010 03:47:04,37.6340,-116.7890,1.40,22,0.00,Nevada,True
00305297,nn,2,19/02/2010 03:03:06,37.6340,-116.7950,1.60,26,4.20,Nevada,True
00305292,nn,2,19/02/2010 01:34:00,37.6340,-116.7880,1.80,29,1.50,Nevada,True
00305264,nn,2,18/02/2010 21:32:08,37.6349,-116.7940,1.70,29,0.50,Nevada,True
00305240,nn,2,18/02/2010 18:55:04,37.6340,-116.7910,1.40,26,0.90,Nevada,True
00305232,nn,2,18/02/2010 14:22:27,37.6340,-116.8000,2.00,27,0.00,Nevada,True
00305229,nn,2,18/02/2010 14:06:50,37.6360,-116.7920,1.70,30,0.00,Nevada,True
00305228,nn,2,18/02/2010 13:27:01,37.6349,-116.7950,2.10,31,2.10,Nevada,True
00305189,nn,2,17/02/2010 20:41:44,37.6349,-116.7910,2.30,26,0.10,Nevada,True
00305172,nn,1,17/02/2010 19:11:29,37.6510,-116.7960,1.90,25,0.00,Nevada,False
00305159,nn,2,17/02/2010 16:56:55,37.6330,-116.7900,1.50,23,0.00,Nevada,True
00305153,nn,2,17/02/2010 14:48:38,37.6349,-116.7880,1.40,25,0.00,Nevada,True
00305143,nn,1,17/02/2010 12:10:49,37.6310,-116.7720,1.20,19,0.00,Nevada,False
00305138,nn,2,17/02/2010 11:33:53,37.6360,-116.7830,1.40,20,0.00,Nevada,True
00305133,nn,2,17/02/2010 10:20:49,37.6349,-116.7850,1.40,20,0.00,Nevada,True
00305131,nn,2,17/02/2010 10:14:47,37.6360,-116.7850,1.70,27,0.00,Nevada,True
00305127,nn,2,17/02/2010 09:14:08,37.6349,-116.7880,1.60,29,3.10,Nevada,True
00305122,nn,2,17/02/2010 07:12:43,37.6320,-116.7970,1.30,25,8.20,Nevada,True
00305119,nn,2,17/02/2010 06:33:07,37.6340,-116.7870,1.30,23,0.00,Nevada,True

Either they have a problem with determining the depth - see how many are 0, or a large number of bombs are being tested - in a hilly part of the range! No don't think so.

[edit on 23/2/2010 by PuterMan]

reply to post by PuterMan


Ok, Ok, moving along now..... but I have a feeling we'll be back

Originally posted by freetree64
reply to post by PuterMan

 

Ok, Ok, moving along now..... but I have a feeling we'll be back

And we are BACK! We were on to something very possibly.

At about 1 minute the guy confirms the suspicions on this thread.



www.abovetopsecret.com...

[edit on 16-6-2010 by ExPostFacto]

Well, whatever was at Phage's link isn't there anymore. Anybody get a screen shot?

Second line.

Hmm maybe they are going to nuke the oil leak. You would need to test to get the right amount would you not?

reply to post by quakewatcher


Yeah Phage's link is gone...but, what I remember from it was a chart that broke out how much TNT would be required to register on the Richter Scale.

Not sure it has any relevance, but I started a thread about a M3 that happened up near Yellowstone at a depth of just 100 meters. There have been over 10 such events in the last week all within a 1000 metres of the surface.

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