The Martians Heat Ray shakes the ground enough to break windows. It does this again later.War of the Worlds said:
We can determine a minimum distance from the first one.War of the Worlds said:
200 yards is equal to 182.88m. Breaking windows matches a scale VI on the mercalli scale, which translates to 5 on the richter scale.War of the Worlds said:
183000/182.88 = 1000.65617
E = 1.63 x 10^16/1000.65617
= 1.62893114e13 joules
Then you divide it by 10000.
E = 1.62893114e13/10000
= 1628931140 joules
= 0.3893238862333 tons of TNT
Final Results
The Martians Heat Ray = 0.389 tons of TNT