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Hypocenter (Location on which the A-bomb was dropped)

Area near the intersection in the Matsuyama-machi hypocenter area
H. J. Peterson

Blast: 440 m per second Ground surface temperature: 3,000 ~ 4,000ºC Force of the blast was equal to 6.7 ~ 10 tons (equivalent to the weight of a large truck) per 1㎡.

Blast speeds
<Let’s make a comparison>

Automobile: 22 m per second (at 80 km per hour)
Shinkansen (Bullet train): 83 m per second (at 300 km per hour)
Airplane: 222 m per second (at 800 km per hour))
Very powerful typhoon: 44 km or more per second
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