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dghughes on Dec 17, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tsunami warning issued after magnitude 7.9 quake h...

I was watching a show on antimatter and it said 1 gram of matter and antimatter combined releases 60 trillion Joules of energy.

So 1,000g (1kg) of antimatter would be roughly equivalent to a 8.0 earthquake.

bonzini on Dec 17, 2016 [–]

Isn't 8.0 already 60 trillion according to the parent comment?

Anyway, the Death Star is equivalent to a 15.0 magnitude earthquake.

Edit: stupid phone, didn't see it could scroll horizontally :-)

dghughes on Dec 17, 2016 | [–]

Parent comment is 63 quadrillion Joules.

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