Beirut, 6th August 2020: The Beirut explosion is unquestionably one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history, according to calculations by British engineering experts at the University of Sheffield.
A Sheffield team has calculated the strength of the blast from the videos and photographs since Tuesday when the catastrophic explosion at the Beirut port took place.
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They believe the explosion was the equivalent of 1,000 to 1,500 tonnes of TNT – a blast intensity that would support the belief that it was caused by a fire leading to the detonation of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertilizer.
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This is about a tenth of the intensity of the Hiroshima nuclear bomb but far bigger than any blast from a conventional weapon.
The Spectator Index, a website focused on politics, economics, science, and sports has tweeted the same details by the University of Sheffield on their Twitter account, confirming the news.
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LEBANON: University of Sheffield experts believe Beirut blast was equivalent to 1,000 to 1,500 tonnes of TNT, a tenth of the intensity of the nuclear bomb at Hiroshima.
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) August 6, 2020
The effects of an event like this are catastrophic to people, infrastructure, economic livelihoods, and the environment. The blast wave from a detonation of this size would produce lethal injuries and severe damage to unreinforced buildings for several hundred meters.
It may be remembered that a massive explosion took place in Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon on Tuesday, causing the death of 135 people and 5,000 people have been reported injured so far.
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