How high on the ricter scale would a 1 megaton nuclear blast produce?

Subject: How high on the ricter scale would a 1 megaton nuclear blast produce?

Date: Wed Jun 9 17:30:03 1999
Posted by Wesley Lowe
Grade level: undergrad School: Rochester Institute of Techology
City: Rochester State/Province: NY Country: USA
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 928967403.Es

Message:



There wasn't enough room for a more detailed question 
above, so I will inform you here that I need this info for 
a sci fi story I am writing.  If a 1 megaton thermonuclear 
blast occurred on the planet Mars, how high on the rihter 
scale would it be on the other side of the planet?

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