Forty-nine hours after an atomic burst the radiation intensity is only about 1 percent of what it was an hour after the explosion.

The most infamous of all was launched by the explosion of the island of Krakatoa in 1883 ; ;

There have been cases of humans being contaminated with americium, the worst case being that of Harold McCluskey, who at the age of 64 was exposed to 500 times the occupational standard for americium-241 as a result of an explosion in his lab.

On 11 September 1878 it was the site of an underground explosion which killed 268 coal miners.

At 22: 00 the fire reached the magazines and the Orient was almost completely destroyed by a massive explosion.

For ten minutes after the explosion there was no firing ; sailors from both sides were either too shocked by the blast or desperately extinguishing fires aboard their own ships to continue the fight.

It was during one of these latter engagements that Captain Miller of Theseus was killed in an ammunition explosion.

It is likely that these were part of the treasure taken from Malta that was lost in the explosion aboard Orient.

In one such incident involving the 1972 explosion and sinking of the tanker, the Coast Guard photographed the wreck and recovered several bodies, in contrast with one Triangle author's claim that all the bodies had vanished, with the exception of the captain, who was found sitting in his cabin at his desk, clutching a coffee cup.

In 1927, the Belgian Roman Catholic priest Georges Lemaître independently derived the Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker equations and proposed, on the basis of the recession of spiral nebulae, that the universe began with the " explosion " of a " primeval atom "— which was later called the Big Bang.

Furthermore, Cyprus was dealt a severe blow by the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion in July 2011, with the cost to the economy estimated at € 1 – 3 billion, or up to 17 % of GDP.

One way to potentially explain the problem of the Champagne Supernova was considering it the result of an aspherical explosion of a white dwarf.

At the beginning of the 20th century, there was an explosion of innovation in dance style characterized by an exploration of freer technique.

The center span of the original bridge was demolished in a controlled explosion in September 1984.

Artist Carel Fabritius was wounded in the explosion and died of his injuries.

The explosion was big enough to deform the door and blow it off its hinges.

One theory is that this was caused by a design fault in the ammunition loading system to the main gun turrets, so that an enemy hit on the turret set off an explosion in the magazine, thus sinking the ship.

Two people died in the explosion, forty people were injured and an estimated £ 150m of damage was caused.

Einsteinium was discovered as the debris of the first hydrogen bomb explosion in 1952, and named after Albert Einstein.

The Dowager Lady Brabourne, his elder daughter's 83-year-old mother-in-law, was seriously injured in the explosion and died from her injuries the following day.

It was discovered in the debris of the first hydrogen bomb explosion in 1952, and named after Nobel laureate Enrico Fermi, one of the pioneers of nuclear physics.

Bomp was not alone ; an August 1970 issue of Rolling Stone included an article about the explosion of rock fanzines.

This killed Dutch freelance photographer Fernando Pereira, who thought it was safe to enter the boat to get his photographic material after a first small explosion, but drowned as a result of a second, larger explosion.

The explosion would have been seen from miles away, and heard from further away still.

The explosion is considered to be the loudest sound ever heard in modern history, with reports of it being heard up to from its point of origin.

The cataclysmic explosion was heard in Perth in Western Australia, about to the south, as well as the island of Rodrigues near Mauritius, about to the west.

In a letter to the Washington Evening Star published after the explosion, Muenter writing under an assumed name, said he hoped that the detonation would “ make enough noise to be heard above the voices that clamor for war .” J. P. Morgan ’ s company served as Great Britain ’ s principal U. S. purchasing agent for munitions and other war supplies.

For home cinema or videogame use, bass shakers help the user avoid disturbing others in nearby apartments or rooms, because even powerful sound effects such as explosion sounds in a war videogame or the simulated rumbling of an earthquake in an adventure film will not be heard by others.

Although the explosion sound in the newsreel was simulated, the actual recorded audio can be heard, including someone saying " you're alright now Al!

The explosion leveled the fort and was heard more than 100 miles ( 160 km ) away in Pensacola.

When Moon detonated it, the explosion was so intense that a piece of cymbal shrapnel cut into Moon's arm ; Moon is heard moaning in pain toward the end of the piece.

The resulting explosion produced a shock wave that was heard and felt for over 5 miles, and a fireball over 1, 000 feet in diameter.

The sound of the explosion could be heard several miles away, as the author of this entry can confirm.

The explosion was heard and felt as far away as 50 miles.

During the attack, a blast from the explosion of gunpowder stored in Captain Jacobs's house was heard in Pittsburgh, 44 miles away.

The force of the explosion was felt more than a hundred miles in every direction and it was heard as far as Ohio and Iowa.

As the soldiers are gathered around the camp at dusk, the sound of an explosion is heard in the distance.

Because of this amplification effect, a shock wave is very intense, more like an explosion when heard ( not coincidentally, since explosions create shock waves ).

He was also able to extinguish the flame by driving it before him to a part of the ground where no gas was produced ; then applying a flame to the place whence the gas issued, a kind of explosion was heard over eight or nine square feet of the marsh ; a red light was seen, which faded to a blue flame about three feet high, and this continued to burn with an unsteady motion.

A loud explosion was then heard.

The explosion was heard on Sumatra island more than away.

When Moon detonated it, the explosion was so intense that a piece of cymbal shrapnel cut into Moon's arm ; Moon is heard moaning in pain toward the end of the piece.

" When it happened, we heard the explosion, we heard the whistle overhead, we were told to get down and we did.

Witnesses said they heard an explosion before flames erupted aboard the aircraft.

Blaster, engine and explosion sounds can be heard in those space scenes.

Staying out of sight, the agents, who did not bring a camera, only heard an explosion which sounded like a " loud gunshot ".