US Navy bomb shock trials trigger M3.9 earthquake off Daytona Beach, Florida

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The US Navy’s new supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) completed shock trials on Friday off the US East Coast. During these tests, the Navy sets off live explosives near the warship to simulate aspects of actual combat conditions. The bombs were so powerful that the even triggered a M3.9 earthquake off Daytona Beach.

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The US Navy set off explosives next to its new aircraft carrier to see if the ship can handle the shock. Picture via Twitter

USS Gerald R. Ford completed the first explosive event of full-ship shock trials Friday.

The Navy detonated explosives near the carrier to see how it holds up against shock and vibrations.

The testing is designed to simulate aspects of real combat and test the hardness of the ship.

Now, have you ever wondered what a 40,000 pound explosive looks like from the bridge wing of a USNavy aircraft carrier? Here you go!

and the pictures are amazing too!

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The testing is designed to simulate aspects of real combat and test the hardness of the ship. Picture via Twitter

Though the Navy has conducted shock trials with other vessels, the latest trials with the Ford, the service’s newest and most advanced carrier, mark the first time since 1987 the Navy has conducted shock trials with an aircraft carrier.

The last aircraft carrier shock trials involved the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.

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The Navy detonated explosives near the carrier to see how it holds up against shock and vibrations. Picture via Twitter

What are shock trials?

Shock trials are designed to test how Navy warships hold up against severe vibrations and identify potential shock-related vulnerabilities in a combat vessel.

A 2007 study suggested US Navy shock trials have their origins in observations from the Second World War.

Nearby explosions, even when vessels were not taking direct hits, would send destructive, high-pressure waves toward them.

This discovery led the Navy to implement a rigorous shock hardening test procedure (the shock trials).

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USS Gerald R. Ford completed the first explosive event of full-ship shock trials Friday, June 18, 2021. Picture via Twitter

The shock trials on the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford triggered a M3.9 quake off Daytona beach.

M3.9 earthquake hits off Florida during explosive trials in the Atlantic Ocean on June 18
M3.9 earthquake hits off Florida during explosive trials in the Atlantic Ocean on June 18, 2021. Map via USGS

The USGS measured the seismic event roughly 100 miles off the coast of Ponce Inlet.

Amazing, no? Did you feel this man-made earthquake after the large bomb explosion off Daytona Beach? [Twitter, Actionnewsjax, BI]

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3 Comments

  1. Nice one!

    Now get all the fish you killed, and eat them, or make fertilizer.

    3.9 Magnitude is about like one of my thunderclaps, after some Bush’s baked beans. Ground shakes a little bit, dog wakes up.

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