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[lordcooper]

I am actually a little upset that you thought I was being serious then.

[Loud Whispers]

1. Feed prisoners plague.
2. Feed ticks prisoners.
3. Release ticks.
4. ???
5. Everywhere plague.

[RedKing]

Also, 6.2 magnitude seismic event in Russian Far East, very close to North Korean border. USGS and other sources have confirmed that it's too deep to be a nuclear test, but still....

NOT HELPING, MOTHER NATURE 


Also, I'm a bit more appreciative of Anon's little prank, now that it was pointed out to me that the "Kim Jong Un as a pig" thing was actually a character from the Monkey King stories. It's actually a far subtler dig at him, and one which Chinese, Korean and Japanese viewers would get.

Apparently public opinion of Kim Jon Un is pretty damn low on the streets in China. They're calling him "Zhifang San", or "Fatty the Third" (being the third of the Kim dynasty in N. Korea)

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Since when can a nuclear test cause a 6.2? Much less from North Korea-level nukes.

[Lagslayer]

Since when can a nuclear test cause a 6.2? Much less from North Korea-level nukes.

I'm pretty sure it can feel like a 10.0 or more near ground zero, at least until you get vaporized. Nuclear explosions can be pretty earth-shatteringly violent.

[10ebbor10]

I am actually a little upset that you thought I was being serious then.

I was not talking to you.

[RedKing]

Since when can a nuclear test cause a 6.2? Much less from North Korea-level nukes.

I'm pretty sure it can feel like a 10.0 or more near ground zero, at least until you get vaporized. Nuclear explosions can be pretty earth-shatteringly violent.

Ummmm...no. Richter scale measurements aren't a subjective thing.

The NK test in 2009 produced a seismic event somewhere in the range of 4.7-5.3 magnitude.
Tsar Bomba produced a 5.1-5.2 seismic event, and that was from an airburst. Projections are that an underground detonation would have released energy sufficient to register as an 8.1 magnitude event.

So yeah, a 6.2 could indicate a nuke blast, though probably one well beyond NK's current capabilities.

[Cthulhu]

Let's all remember that the Richter Scale was designed specifically for the kinds of Earthquakes along the San Andreas Fault (that is, shallow, frequent, and generally mild-to-moderate). 

Minute magnitude is the scale we'd be using for general seismic events.  /nitpick

[Skyrunner]

Also, 6.2 magnitude seismic event in Russian Far East, very close to North Korean border. USGS and other sources have confirmed that it's too deep to be a nuclear test, but still....

NOT HELPING, MOTHER NATURE 


Also, I'm a bit more appreciative of Anon's little prank, now that it was pointed out to me that the "Kim Jong Un as a pig" thing was actually a character from the Monkey King stories. It's actually a far subtler dig at him, and one which Chinese, Korean and Japanese viewers would get.

Apparently public opinion of Kim Jon Un is pretty damn low on the streets in China. They're calling him "Zhifang San", or "Fatty the Third" (being the third of the Kim dynasty in N. Korea)

Oooh, I know his Korean name XD

[Pnx]

It's a logarithmic scale. Each whole number increase corresponds to a ten fold increase in the amplitude (the amount something shakes, in practise this was the amount the "needle" on an old school seismograph would move from the centre point), and it represents about a 31.6 increase in the energy released by an earthquake.

[Tellemurius]

Also, 6.2 magnitude seismic event in Russian Far East, very close to North Korean border. USGS and other sources have confirmed that it's too deep to be a nuclear test, but still....

NOT HELPING, MOTHER NATURE 


Also, I'm a bit more appreciative of Anon's little prank, now that it was pointed out to me that the "Kim Jong Un as a pig" thing was actually a character from the Monkey King stories. It's actually a far subtler dig at him, and one which Chinese, Korean and Japanese viewers would get.

Apparently public opinion of Kim Jon Un is pretty damn low on the streets in China. They're calling him "Zhifang San", or "Fatty the Third" (being the third of the Kim dynasty in N. Korea)

Oooh, I know his Korean name XD

Please enlighten us with this information

[Skyrunner]

It's right there in the Wiki article, 저팔계.

[RedKing]

It's right there in the Wiki article, 저팔계.

Not everybody speaks Box. xD

[MetalSlimeHunt]

It's right there in the Wiki article, 저팔계.

Not everybody speaks Box. xD

...It's just a box.

[kaijyuu]

You need a korean font installed, then.