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Israel Sets off Huge Blast to Test Earthquake Measuring Devices
Israel set off an enormous explosion Tuesday in the Negev desert near the border with Jordan to test its seismographic measuring equipment. The explosion, designed to measure about 2.9 on the Richter scale, was set off to help the Israeli Geophysics Institute calibrate its equipment and better estimate the precise location of future quakes, said Rami Hofstepter, manager of the institute. Israel Radio said the blast involved 28 tons of explosives. | "Just calibrating the, er, equipment, nothing to worry about, move along." |
Jordan did not participate in the test, but Israel informed Jordan and other countries in the region to avoid alarm in the violence-torn Mideast. | Don't want them to get worried it was a weapons test, or anything. They wouldn't lie about that, now would they? |
Posted by: Steve 2004-06-15 |
