Approximate Magnitude |
Approximate TNT for
Seismic Energy Yield |
Joule equivalent |
Example |
-0.2 |
7.5 g |
31.5 kJ |
Energy released by lighting 30 typical matches |
0.0 |
15 g |
63 kJ |
0.2 |
30 g |
130 kJ |
Large hand grenade |
0.5 |
85 g |
360 kJ |
|
1.0 |
480 g |
2.0 MJ |
|
1.2 |
1.1 kg |
4.9 MJ |
Single stick of dynamite [DynoMax Pro] |
1.4 |
2.2 kg |
9.8 MJ |
Seismic impact of typical small construction blast |
1.5 |
2.7 kg |
11 MJ |
|
2.0 |
15 kg |
63 MJ |
|
2.1 |
21 kg |
89 MJ |
West fertilizer plant explosion[20] |
2.5 |
85 kg |
360 MJ |
|
3.0 |
480 kg |
2.0 GJ |
Oklahoma City bombing, 1995 |
3.5 |
2.7 metric tons |
11 GJ |
PEPCON fuel plant explosion, Henderson, Nevada, 1988
Dallas, Texas earthquake, September 30, 2012
|
3.87 |
9.5 metric tons |
40 GJ |
Explosion at Chernobyl nuclear power plant, 1986 |
3.91 |
11 metric tons |
46 GJ |
Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb
St. Patrick's Day earthquake, Auckland, New Zealand, 2013 [21][22]
|
4.0 |
15 metric tons |
63 GJ |
Johannesburg/South Africa, November 18, 2013 |
4.3 |
43 metric tons |
180 GJ |
Kent Earthquake (Britain), 2007
Eastern Kentucky earthquake, November 2012
|
5.0 |
480 metric tons |
2.0 TJ |
Lincolnshire earthquake (UK), 2008
Ontario-Quebec earthquake (Canada), 2010[23][24]
|
5.5 |
2.7 kilotons |
11 TJ |
Little Skull Mtn. earthquake (Nevada, USA), 1992
Alum Rock earthquake (California), 2007
Chino Hills earthquake (Southern California), 2008
|
5.6 |
3.8 kilotons |
16 TJ |
Newcastle, Australia, 1989
Oklahoma, 2011
Pernik, Bulgaria, 2012
|
6.0 |
15 kilotons |
63 TJ |
Double Spring Flat earthquake (Nevada, USA), 1994
Approximate magnitude of Virginia/Washington, D.C./East Coast earthquake, 2011
Approximate yield of the Little Boy Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (~16 kt)
South Napa Earthquake, 2014
|
6.3 |
43 kilotons |
180 TJ |
Rhodes earthquake (Greece), 2008
Jericho earthquake (British Palestine), 1927
Christchurch earthquake (New Zealand), 2011
|
6.4 |
60 kilotons |
250 TJ |
Kaohsiung earthquake (Taiwan), 2010
Vancouver earthquake (Canada), 2011
|
6.5 |
85 kilotons |
360 TJ |
Caracas earthquake (Venezuela), 1967
Irpinia earthquake (Italy), 1980
Eureka earthquake (California, USA), 2010
Zumpango del Rio earthquake (Guerrero, Mexico), 2011[25]
|
6.6 |
120 kilotons |
500 TJ |
San Fernando earthquake (California, USA), 1971 |
6.7 |
170 kilotons |
710 TJ |
Northridge earthquake (California, USA), 1994 |
6.8 |
240 kilotons |
1.0 PJ |
Nisqually earthquake (Anderson Island, WA), 2001
Great Hanshin earthquake (Kobe, Japan), 1995
Gisborne earthquake (Gisborne, NZ), 2007
|
6.9 |
340 kilotons |
1.4 PJ |
San Francisco Bay Area earthquake (California, USA), 1989
Pichilemu earthquake (Chile), 2010
Sikkim earthquake (Nepal-India Border), 2011
|
7.0 |
480 kilotons |
2.0 PJ |
Java earthquake (Indonesia), 2009
Haiti earthquake, 2010
|
7.1 |
680 kilotons |
2.8 PJ |
Messina earthquake (Italy), 1908
San Juan earthquake (Argentina), 1944
Canterbury earthquake (New Zealand), 2010
|
7.2 |
950 kilotons |
4.0 PJ |
Vrancea earthquake (Romania), 1977
1980 Azores Islands Earthquake
Baja California earthquake (Mexico), 2010
|
7.5 |
2.7 megatons |
11 PJ |
Kashmir earthquake (Pakistan), 2005
Antofagasta earthquake (Chile), 2007
|
7.6 |
3.8 megatons |
16 PJ |
Nicoya earthquake (Costa Rica), 2012
Oaxaca earthquake (Mexico), 2012
Gujarat earthquake (India), 2001
İzmit earthquake (Turkey), 1999
Jiji earthquake (Taiwan), 1999
|
7.7 |
5.4 megatons |
22 PJ |
Sumatra earthquake (Indonesia), 2010
Haida Gwaii earthquake (Canada), 2012
|
7.8 |
7.6 megatons |
32 PJ |
Tangshan earthquake (China), 1976
Hawke's Bay earthquake (New Zealand), 1931
Luzon earthquake (Philippines), 1990
|
7.9 |
10-15 megatons |
42-63 PJ |
Tunguska event
1802 Vrancea earthquake
Great Kanto earthquake (Japan), 1923
|
8.0 |
15 megatons |
63 PJ |
Mino-Owari earthquake (Japan), 1891
San Juan earthquake (Argentina), 1894
San Francisco earthquake (California, USA), 1906
Queen Charlotte Islands earthquake (B.C., Canada), 1949
Chincha Alta earthquake (Peru), 2007
Sichuan earthquake (China), 2008
Kangra earthquake, 1905
|
8.1 |
21 megatons |
89 PJ |
México City earthquake (Mexico), 1985
Guam earthquake, August 8, 1993[26]
|
8.35 |
50 megatons |
210 PJ |
Tsar Bomba
- Largest thermonuclear weapon ever tested. Most of the energy was
dissipated in the atmosphere. The seismic shock was estimated at 5.0-5.2[27] |
8.5 |
85 megatons |
360 PJ |
Sumatra earthquake (Indonesia), 2007 |
8.6 |
120 megatons |
500 PJ |
Sumatra earthquake (Indonesia), 2012 |
8.7 |
170 megatons |
710 PJ |
Sumatra earthquake (Indonesia), 2005 |
8.75 |
200 megatons |
840 PJ |
Krakatoa 1883 |
8.8 |
240 megatons |
1.0 EJ |
Chile earthquake, 2010, |
9.0 |
480 megatons |
2.0 EJ |
Lisbon earthquake (Portugal), All Saints Day, 1755
The Great Japan earthquake, March 2011 |
9.15 |
800 megatons |
3.3 EJ |
Toba eruption 75,000 years ago; among the largest known volcanic events.[28] |
9.2 |
950 megatons |
4.0 EJ |
Anchorage earthquake (Alaska, USA), 1964
Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and tsunami (Indonesia), 2004 |
9.5 |
2.7 gigatons |
11 EJ |
Valdivia earthquake (Chile), 1960 |
13.00 |
100 teratons |
420 ZJ |
Yucatán Peninsula impact (creating Chicxulub crater) 65 Ma ago (108 megatons; over 4x1029 ergs = 400 ZJ).[29][30][31][32][33] |
22.88 or 32 |
310 yottatons |
1.3×1039 J |
Approximate magnitude of the starquake on the magnetar SGR 1806-20, registered on December 27, 2004.[clarification needed] |
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