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The Halifax Explosion
The Halifax Explosion: The Largest Blast Before Hiroshima
December 6, 1917. Halifax Harbour. French munitions ship Mont-Blanc collides with SS Imo.
Crew abandons burning ship loaded with 2,900 tons of explosives.
9:04 AM. The detonation registers 5.0 on the Richter scale 160 miles away.
2.9 kilotons of TNT vaporize 2 square miles. Nearly 2,000 dead instantly.
9,000 injured. 12,000 homeless. Glass shatters 50 miles distant.
Tidal wave sweeps Dartmouth shore. White-hot shrapnel ignites fires.
A blizzard buries survivors the next day.
HistMuse reveals the deadliest non-nuclear explosion in history.
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By HistMuseThe Halifax Explosion: The Largest Blast Before Hiroshima
December 6, 1917. Halifax Harbour. French munitions ship Mont-Blanc collides with SS Imo.
Crew abandons burning ship loaded with 2,900 tons of explosives.
9:04 AM. The detonation registers 5.0 on the Richter scale 160 miles away.
2.9 kilotons of TNT vaporize 2 square miles. Nearly 2,000 dead instantly.
9,000 injured. 12,000 homeless. Glass shatters 50 miles distant.
Tidal wave sweeps Dartmouth shore. White-hot shrapnel ignites fires.
A blizzard buries survivors the next day.
HistMuse reveals the deadliest non-nuclear explosion in history.