I suspect the world would be better if that percentage were even greater.
North Korea announces successful nuclear test
The news is alive with the announcement from North Korea that they successfully performed an underground test of a nuclear device. Seismic monitoring stations recorded an earthquake registering 4.2 on the Richter scale. I fired up Google Earth to see what is at the epicenter. It’s pretty bleak out there.
I can’t help but think that our world just keeps getting a little more crazy.
[tags]Nuclear Test,North Korea[/tags]
Addendum: An article on defensetech.org sys that it was likely a dud. They used a formula relating yield and the magnitude of the seismic effects that yield estimates of a kiloton or less.
Comment from Tak Wang
Time 10/19/2006 at 6:25 am
Instead of California, you can try Washington State for seismic events. Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens are quite active…