JAKARTA – A large explosion in Beirut, Lebanon left a large crater with a diameter of 405 feet or about 124 meters. The magnitude of the explosion also destroyed the surrounding buildings.
Launch page SpaceThursday, August 6, based on monitoring satellite imagery released a day after the blast at the Beirut port showed sections of land and surrounding buildings within a 10 km radius had been damaged.
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Locals called the big explosion like an atomic bomb. Where a number of amateur videos show how the smoke billows up until a large explosion appears along with a shock wave sweeping around the site.
Satellite image before and after the Beirut explosion (doc. Maxar Technologies)
The explosion was so large that it shook the entire City of Beirut and sounds of explosions were reportedly heard throughout the country. The tremors from this explosion were felt even as far as Nicosia, the capital of the island nation of Cyprus, which is 240 kilometers away.
Satellite images taken by Planet Labs show how the city and port of Beirut looked like before and after the devastating explosion that killed more than 135 people and injured thousands of others.
The image of the impact of the big explosion showed many buildings that had been destroyed. Even the center of the explosion left a sizable crater basin.
See the incredible damage from the #Beirut, #Lebanon explosion in these high-resolution #satellite images taken on August 5, 2020. Take a look at the large crater, the capsized Orient Queen and buildings with blown-out, shattered glass. pic.twitter.com/OxgzmZKNwR
– Maxar Technologies (@Maxar) August 5, 2020
Until now, the authorities in Lebanon are still investigating the source and cause of the explosion. Provisional estimates of the devastating explosion that occurred on Wednesday, August 5, came from 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate. The compound is often used as fertilizer which has been stored in warehouses since 2013.
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