"The Hebgen Lake earthquake released more energy than a 2-megaton nuclear weapon—100 times larger than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945, and equivalent to an “average” hydrogen bomb. What’s more, this earthquake occurred not above, but next to Yellowstone’s largely solid magma body, so most of the earthquake’s energy was transmitted directly into the rock. In a nuclear attack, the detonation would occur above ground, so the majority of the energy would be released into the air. And guess what happened to Yellowstone volcano after the M7.3 earthquake? It didn’t erupt! The only impacts were some changes in hot springs and geysers due to the shaking.
1959 was not the first time an earthquake occurred on the Hebgen Lake fault."
"The Hebgen Lake earthquake released more energy than a 2-megaton nuclear weapon—100 times larger than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945, and equivalent to an “average” hydrogen bomb. What’s more, this earthquake occurred not above, but next to Yellowstone’s largely solid magma body, so most of the earthquake’s energy was transmitted directly into the rock. In a nuclear attack, the detonation would occur above ground, so the majority of the energy would be released into the air. And guess what happened to Yellowstone volcano after the M7.3 earthquake? It didn’t erupt! The only impacts were some changes in hot springs and geysers due to the shaking.
1959 was not the first time an earthquake occurred on the Hebgen Lake fault."
Not quite a nuke, but like close enough