What the records say
- When
- 10 Dec 1961
- Kind
- Nuclear test
- Yield (kt)
- 3
- Where
- Carlsbad Nm
- Coordinates
- 32.25° N, 104.14° W
- Yield kt
- 3
- Type
- shaft
- Purpose
- peaceful nuclear explosion
- Body wave magnitude
- 4.6
- Reported by
- DOE
Project Gnome (nuclear test)
1961 nuclear test explosion in New Mexico, United States
Project Gnome was the first nuclear test of Project Plowshare and was the first continental nuclear weapon test since Trinity to be conducted outside of the Nevada Test Site, and the second test in the state of New Mexico after Trinity. It was tested in southeastern New Mexico on December 10, 1961, approximately 40 km southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico.
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- Nuclear explosions 1945–1998SIPRI / FOA, via TidyTuesdayNo licence stated