Impact Energy Comparisons
The impacts which created the Barringer Crater or the Tunguska event are estimated to be in the 3–10 megaton range, corresponding to Torino scale 8. The biggest hydrogen bomb ever exploded, the Tsar Bomba, was around 50 megatons.
The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was the equivalent of roughly 200 megatons.
The Chicxulub impact, believed by many to be a significant factor in the extinction of the dinosaurs, has been estimated at 100,000,000 (108) megatons.
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