Chinese Ammonium Nitrate Factory Explosion

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Look how high up their apartment was (check out the tops of high rises below them) ... and they took the stairs down. :eek:
 

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Isn't that the kind of bomb McVeigh used in OKC? Just wondering....
 

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Did they ever state what it equated to as far as magnitude? I dont know what the smallest nuke explosion looks like but it had to be close in initial size of the explosion. Overall damage would be less of course because of the fallout that comes with a nuke, but the size of the blast has to be up there.
 

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Did they ever state what it equated to as far as magnitude? I dont know what the smallest nuke explosion looks like but it had to be close in initial size of the explosion. Overall damage would be less of course because of the fallout that comes with a nuke, but the size of the blast has to be up there.

The first explosion registered as a 2.3 magnitude earthquake and was equivalent to 2.9 tonnes of TNT. The second explosion registered as a 2.9 magnitude earthquake and was equivalent to 21.9 tonnes of TNT.
 

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First nuclear test, Trinity, was equivalent to around 23 kilotons of tnt.

Not even close.

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I remember that, too. Talk about massive destruction! Looks like some scenes out of a post-apocalyptic Hollywood movie!
 

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The first explosion registered as a 2.3 magnitude earthquake and was equivalent to 2.9 tonnes of TNT. The second explosion registered as a 2.9 magnitude earthquake and was equivalent to 21.9 tonnes of TNT.

A MOAB is only about 11 tons, so that was a big blast indeed.
 

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