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Is 40,000 tonnes as heavy as a Hamster?

It's about 200,000,000 times as heavy as a Hamster
The weight of a Hamster is about 0.0002 tonnes.
(for Syrian hamster, a.k.a. golden hamster, a.k.a. Mesocricetus auratus; adult)
An adult Syrian hamster has a typical weight of about 0.0002 tonnes. Known for transporting food in the pouches of their cheeks so that they can bury it later, some hamsters can store up to 0.03 tonnes of food in their borrows.
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