Database of Nuclear Explosions

Geoscience Australia has an available database of Nuclear Explosions at http://www.ga.gov.au/oracle/nukexp_query.html . This site was last updated in May and contains information on nuclear explosions all over the world.

You have two search choices. You need to choose an area (China, France, Great Britain, India, Pakistan, South Africa, the Soviet Union, or the US) and a span of years (from 1945 to 2001.) I searched US from 1950 to 1965.

The database listed 424 explosions. Details given for each explosion include date, origin time, site, name (name?), yield (in kT -- kilotons?), and decimal latitude/longitude.

Actually this site has several other information sources as well, including a table of recent earthquakes ( http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/listQuakes ), a place name search (Australia only) and a distance calculator.

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