"By today's standards the two bombs dropped on a Japan were small -- equivalent to 15,000 tons of TNT in the case of the Hiroshima bomb and 20,000 tons in the case of the Nagasaki bomb." Nuclear energy, often mistakenly called atomic energy, is the most powerful kind of energy known.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION.
I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
HOWEVER, THE POWER OF THE BLAST IS LARGER THAN BOTH ATOM BOMBS USED ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI.
FOX NEWS SAYS, 7 DEAD, 300 HOSPITALIZED
There is, as the BBC's clip of a report from China says, "confusion" as to the cause.
This occurred in Tianjin, a port city to the southeast of Beijing.
This is a city of approximately 15 million people.
I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
HOWEVER, THE POWER OF THE BLAST IS LARGER THAN BOTH ATOM BOMBS USED ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI.
FOX NEWS SAYS, 7 DEAD, 300 HOSPITALIZED
There is, as the BBC's clip of a report from China says, "confusion" as to the cause.
This occurred in Tianjin, a port city to the southeast of Beijing.
This is a city of approximately 15 million people.
Video: State media says at least 300 people have been injured in a huge explosion at the port of Tianjin in China https://t.co/DUM96fi7Hp
— Sky News Tonight (@SkyNewsTonight) August 12, 2015
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China's earthquake agency says it registered 2 blasts. The energy of the second was measured at 2.9 on the Richter scale, or 21 tons of TNT.
— Alan Wong (@alanwongw) August 12, 2015
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UPDATE -
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video taken from another angle reveals there are at least two towers (like a lighthouse) visible (ff 1:09) flashing emergency lights in the foreground relative to the explosions. . .suggesting this is a secure area, not your average shipping port. The blast area is vast and the fires are rapidly spreading in these videos.
YouTube compilation of multiple angles of blasts including heartbreaking video footage of child using cell phone of two unresponsive injured on ground.
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There have been quite a few recent unexplained events in China - Uighurs?
Coal mine explosion kills 10 in sothwest China
At least 10 people have been killed and 40 others missing in two separate accidents at coal mines in China, state media reported on Wednesday. Ten people were killed in a gas outburst at a coal mine in southwest … via The Indian Express · 16 hours ago
300 injured in China gas explosion
The state-run Beijing News said on its website that between 300 and 400 people had been admitted to hospitals in the city, east of Beijing. It says the explosion shattered windows and knocked off doors of buildings in the area. The official China Daily ...via KOMO News · 38 minutes ago
Water park dust explosion death toll increases to 11
TAIPEI, A woman died Wednesday of injuries she sustained in a fiery dust explosion at a water park in New Taipei on June 27, bringing the death toll from the incident to 11, according to a local hospital. The woman …via The China Post · 2 hours ago
Explosion Kills Dozens at Eastern China Plant
BEIJING — At least 68 people were killed Saturday morning when a blast tore through a metal products factory in China’s eastern Jiangsu Province, state-run news media reported. According to the national broadcaster CCTV, 187 others were injured in the ...via NYTimes · ByAndrew Jacobs · 8/2/2014
31 injured in explosion in China university
At least 31 people, mostly students, were injured today when a gas explosion ripped through a six storey building in a Chinese university. The explosion took place in a dormitory at China's northwest Lanzhou University in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province ...via Deccan Herald 7/20/2015
Explosion in eastern China kills two, suspected attacker also dead: Xinhua
The report said the blast, late on Monday evening, killed a suspect named as 33-year-old unemployed villager Xie Xingtang. The Xinhua report did not mention a reason for the attack. Photos circulating on Chinese microblog Sina Weibo showed police cordons ...via Reuters · By Michael Perry andAdam Jourdan · 7/21/2015
Explosion at fireworks warehouse in China kills 15
BEIJING (AP) — A warehouse containing fireworks exploded in northern China, killing 15 people, a local authority said Monday. The explosion Sunday morning happened in Ningjin county in Hebei province, which borders Beijing, and also left two other people ...via bigstory.ap.org · 7/12/2015
Plant explosion in China refuels public concern over PX
An April 6 explosion at a paraxylene plant in Zhangzhou, Fujian province, is the second safety incident at the highly controversial PX facility in China. Six people were injured in the blast, which, according to local media, started around 7 p.m. local ...via Plastics News · 4/7/2015
Coal mine explosion kills 10 in sothwest China
At least 10 people have been killed and 40 others missing in two separate accidents at coal mines in China, state media reported on Wednesday. Ten people were killed in a gas outburst at a coal mine in southwest … via The Indian Express · 16 hours ago
300 injured in China gas explosion
The state-run Beijing News said on its website that between 300 and 400 people had been admitted to hospitals in the city, east of Beijing. It says the explosion shattered windows and knocked off doors of buildings in the area. The official China Daily ...via KOMO News · 38 minutes ago
Water park dust explosion death toll increases to 11
TAIPEI, A woman died Wednesday of injuries she sustained in a fiery dust explosion at a water park in New Taipei on June 27, bringing the death toll from the incident to 11, according to a local hospital. The woman …via The China Post · 2 hours ago
Explosion Kills Dozens at Eastern China Plant
BEIJING — At least 68 people were killed Saturday morning when a blast tore through a metal products factory in China’s eastern Jiangsu Province, state-run news media reported. According to the national broadcaster CCTV, 187 others were injured in the ...via NYTimes · ByAndrew Jacobs · 8/2/2014
31 injured in explosion in China university
At least 31 people, mostly students, were injured today when a gas explosion ripped through a six storey building in a Chinese university. The explosion took place in a dormitory at China's northwest Lanzhou University in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province ...via Deccan Herald 7/20/2015
Explosion in eastern China kills two, suspected attacker also dead: Xinhua
The report said the blast, late on Monday evening, killed a suspect named as 33-year-old unemployed villager Xie Xingtang. The Xinhua report did not mention a reason for the attack. Photos circulating on Chinese microblog Sina Weibo showed police cordons ...via Reuters · By Michael Perry andAdam Jourdan · 7/21/2015
Explosion at fireworks warehouse in China kills 15
BEIJING (AP) — A warehouse containing fireworks exploded in northern China, killing 15 people, a local authority said Monday. The explosion Sunday morning happened in Ningjin county in Hebei province, which borders Beijing, and also left two other people ...via bigstory.ap.org · 7/12/2015
Plant explosion in China refuels public concern over PX
An April 6 explosion at a paraxylene plant in Zhangzhou, Fujian province, is the second safety incident at the highly controversial PX facility in China. Six people were injured in the blast, which, according to local media, started around 7 p.m. local ...via Plastics News · 4/7/2015
Mention of "mushroom cloud" may not be appropriate for this blast ...but another type of cloud is...
They have high tech research facilities in Tianjin Helix Nebula (CERN collaboration)
UPDATE
Early reports from our activist contacts in China are saying:
The explosion scene is at the Dongjiang bonded Harbor area near the seventh gate of a hazardous chemicals, warehouse.
People need to close all Windows and doors nearby, is likely to have secondary damage in the form of toxic gasses.
via CNN video at YouTube
UPDATE
The blast was so powerful it blew out windows up to six miles away.
There appear to have been at least two explosions, the first wth a 2.3 degree magnitude and the following with a 2.9 degree magnitude, according to reports from the China Earthquake Networks Centre and reported by CCTV. That second blast was "equivalent to 21 tons of TNT", or about 19,000 kilograms, according to CCTV.
It is the third massive blast in recent months in eastern China.
Earlier this month, a powerful explosion ripped through a factory in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, killing at least 68 people and injuring more than 187 others.It is the third massive blast in recent months in eastern China.
Earlier this month, a powerful explosion ripped through a factory in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, killing at least 68 people and injuring more than 187 others.
While an explosion hit part of an oil storage facility at Dragon Aromatics, an independent petrochemical producer, in April.
