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Wonder how it compared to the Tianjin explosion in 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nr6Tlu0EvM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nr6Tlu0EvM Wait for the

• kijin 7y ago
  Wanggongchang is estimated to have been about 10 kilotons, roughly the equivalent of the Hiroshima nuke. Tunguska was at least 10 megatons. In comparison, the three explosions at Tianjin add up to a measly 360 tons of TNT [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Tianjin_explosions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Tianjin_explosions
  • catalogia 7y ago
    The largest PEPCON explosion was about 1 kiloton: (1m37s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGSx54CkWsQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGSx54CkWsQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEPCON_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEPCON_disaster
• emmelaich 7y ago
  Or another fireworks disaster, in Netherlends 2000, a series of explosions from 0.8kT to 5kT. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster
  • sgt101 7y ago
    I think you are 3 orders of magnitude out. The biggest blast at Enschede was 5000 kg of tnt, Vs 5000000kg which would be 5kT.
    • emmelaich 7y ago
      Oops, you're right. Still damn impressive on the videos though.