Earthquakes vs explosions diagram (IMAGE)

Royal Astronomical Society

Earthquakes vs explosions diagram

Caption

This diagram shows 140 explosions and 1,149 earthquakes analysed by researchers. It reveals the explosions previously misidentified as earthquakes (red diamonds) and earthquakes wrongly classified as nuclear blasts (green diamonds).

Credit

ANU

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License

Public Domain

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