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salome
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salome asked in News & EventsCurrent Events · 1 decade ago

do you think, the north korea's tests have something to do with the earthquake just happened in oahu?

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..

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  • John16
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    1 decade ago
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    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.

  • Pete
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    1 decade ago

    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.

  • 1 decade ago

    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

  • 1 decade ago

    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

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    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!!

  • 1 decade ago

    I don't think it could have been powerful enough to trigger earthquakes thousands of miles away.

  • 1 decade ago

    No way, it was caused by Global warming, and the use of fossil fuels. Doesn't that cause everthing.

  • 1 decade ago

    I'd say it was likely. I wish people would realize how everything is connected and what we do effects everything else.

  • 1 decade ago

    than should we see this as a declaration of war, or a good excuse to go to war with them anyway

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