According to RaiNews24, a five-kilotonne blast equalled a 4.2 magnitude quake in the Richter scale. The network cited the online archives of the International Seismological Center, a non-profit UK-based organisation, as confirmation of its research. The blast is catalogued with the number 342793, which took place on 27 February at 1:39pm. The blast was reportedly registered in nine seismic centres, two in Iran, four in Nepal, one in Canada, one in Sweden and one in Norway.
The network cited the online archives of the International Seismological Center, a non-profit UK-based organisation, as confirmation of its research.
The blast is catalogued with the number 342793, which took place on 27 February at 1:39pm. The blast was reportedly registered in nine seismic centres, two in Iran, four in Nepal, one in Canada, one in Sweden and one in Norway.
Lt. Col. Patrick Ryder, a media spokesman for the department, told Adnkronos International (AKI) that the US used "only conventional weapons" during the Gulf War. [...] "The US maintains a number of munitions that have an explosive capability of 5000 pounds (2300 kilogrammes) and larger," Ryder told AKI in a written statement.
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"The US maintains a number of munitions that have an explosive capability of 5000 pounds (2300 kilogrammes) and larger," Ryder told AKI in a written statement.