Finding a Safe Location
If you want to be sure your family has a good chance of surviving the impact from your asteroid, you need to get far enough away so that the air blast pressure is below 7000 Pa.
Asteroid Impact Properties
| Asteroid Name | 3200 Phaeton |
|---|---|
| Asteroid Kinetic Energy | |
| Crater Diameter | |
| Crater Depth |
Seismic Energy and Effects
| Richter Magnitude | Earthquake Rating | Earthquake Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 2.0 | Micro | Normally only detected by seismograms. Most people cannot feel it. |
| 2.0 - 2.9 | Minor | A few people feel it. No building damage. |
| 3.0 - 3.9 | Minor | Indoor objects can be seen shaking. |
| 4.0 - 4.9 | Light | Most people feel it. Indoor objects shake or fall to floor. |
| 5.0 - 5.9 | Moderate | Everyone feels it. Can damage or destroy buildings not designed to withstand earthquakes. |
| 6.0 - 6.9 | Strong | Some building damage to Earthquake-resistant structures. Felt hundreds of miles from epicenter. |
| 7.0 - 7.9 | Major | Widespread damage in areas up to 150 miles from epicenter |
| 8.0 - 8.9 | Great | Felt over a very large region. Widespread damage in large areas and structures such as bridges are destroyed. |
| 9.0 - 9.9 | Great | Severe damage or destruction of most buildings and structures. Permanent changes to the ground surface. |
| 10 | Massive | Never recorded. |
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