The explosion lifted about 100 trillion tons of dust into the atmosphere, as can be determined by measuring the thickness of the sediment layer formed when this dust settled to the surface.

这次爆炸将大约100万亿吨的尘埃提升到大气中，这一数字可以通过测量这些尘埃降落到地表时所形成的沉积层的厚度来确定。