Assertion: earthquake's energy | /r/HasProperty | equivalent
Facets:
value: to about 5 megatons of tnt
type: OTHER
value: according to tad murty
type: OTHER
value: to a magnitude
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Researchers estimated that the energy released in such an event would be equivalent to a magnitude
text: The energy released by a large earthquake may be equal to 10,000 times the energy of the first atomic bomb.
text: This energy is equivalent to over 1,500 times that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, but less than that of Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated.
text: According to Tad Murty, vice-president of the Tsunami Society, the total energy of the tsunami waves was equivalent to about 5 megatons of TNT (21 PJ), which is more than twice the total explosive energy used during all of World War II (including the two atomic bombs) but still a couple of orders of magnitude less than the energy released in the earthquake itself.
text: The energy released by a large earthquake may be equal to 10,000 times the energy of the first atomic bomb.