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		bamboozled on Jan 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA: Tonga blast was 10 megatons, more powerful t... Does anyone know what it would sound like? Would it be a crack like a sonic boom from a jet?

a_f on Jan 19, 2022 | [–]

There is a video floating around of people close enough to the blast to hear a significant boom, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owlRuul5Tk4

ceejayoz on Jan 19, 2022 | [–]

Less sharp the further away you are.

In Fiji it sounded like thunder rumbling. In Alaska it was nearly infrasound.

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