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To: Perdogg; All
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.

Read more:via BrisbaneTimes

37 posted on 08/12/2015 6:09:47 PM PDT by wtd
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To: Perdogg

BBC .. with pics

China blasts: Casualties in Tianjin port city explosions
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-33896292


38 posted on 08/12/2015 6:36:14 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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