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The explosions constituted what was then the loudest human-made sound in history, and could be heard in London. The largest single charge was the Lochnagar mine south of La Boisselle with 60,000 lb (27 t) of ammonal explosive. The mine created a crater 300 ft (90 m) across and 90 ft (30 m) deep, with a rim 15 ft (5 m) high.
The Tsar Bomba is the single most physically powerful device ever deployed on Earth, the most powerful nuclear bomb tested and the largest human-made explosion in history. [64] For comparison, the largest weapon ever produced by the US, the now-decommissioned B41 , had a predicted maximum yield of 25 Mt (100 PJ).
The Halifax Explosion was one of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions. An extensive comparison of 130 major explosions by Halifax historian Jay White in 1994 concluded that it "remains unchallenged in overall magnitude as long as five criteria are considered together: number of casualties, force of blast, radius of devastation ...
The Tsar Bomba far surpassed the largest explosion the United States has ever conducted - a 15-megaton "Castle Bravo" hydrogen bomb detonated on Bikini Atoll in 1954. (Reporting by Maria Vasilyeva ...
A large outpouring of lava on land, believed to have caused the Permian–Triassic extinction event, the largest mass extinction ever. [57] Karoo-Ferrar: 183 Mainly Southern Africa and Antarctica. Also South America, India, Australia and New Zealand 2.5: Formed as Gondwana broke up [58] Paraná and Etendeka traps: 133 Brazil/Angola and Namibia: 2.3
RAF Fauld explosion – An underground Royal Air Force ordnance depot exploded, causing the United Kingdom's largest ever explosion. 9 May 1945 United States: Sunnyside, Utah: 23 Unknown Gas explosion at the Sunnyside Fuel Company's #1 mine. 25 May 1945 United States: Aberdeen, Maryland: 12 ~50 1945 Edgewood Arsenal explosion: 21 May 1945 Australia
It was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history and the largest on UK soil. Between 3,500 and 4,000 tonnes (3,900 and 4,400 tons) of ordnance exploded, mostly high explosives. The explosion crater has a depth of 100 feet (30 m) and a maximum width of 1,007 feet (307 m) although different sources have exaggerated this size. [1]
On June 15, 1991, a rumbling Mount Pinatubo grew and grew until it exploded in the biggest volcanic eruption on Earth in 100 years. Super-pressurized, gas-charged magma burst through and a cloud ...