The damage seen from space
Satellite imagery released on Friday shows the bigger picture of the extent of material damage caused by the blast, especially within 500 metres of the explosions’ epicentre.
May 25, 2015
August 13, 2015
Xingang 7th Rd
Xingang 7th Rd
Car depots
Car depots
Donghai Road rail station
Donghai Road rail station
RUIHAI LOGISTICS
RUIHAI LOGISTICS
S11 motorway
S11 motorway
Residential buildings
Residential buildings
500m
May 25, 2015
August 13, 2015
Xingang 7th Rd
Xingang 7th Rd
Car depots
Car depots
Donghai Road rail station
Donghai Road rail station
RUIHAI LOGISTICS
RUIHAI LOGISTICS
S11 motorway
S11 motorway
Residential buildings
Residential buildings
500m
May 25, 2015
Xingang 7th Rd
Car depots
Donghai Road rail station
RUIHAI LOGISTICS
S11 motorway
Residential buildings
500m
August 13, 2015
Xingang 7th Rd
Car depots
Donghai Road rail station
RUIHAI LOGISTICS
S11 motorway
Residential buildings
500m
Destruction zone
Earthquake authorities recorded the tremors created by the blasts, likening the first, at 11.34pm, to an explosion of three tonnes of TNT, and the second, 34 seconds later, to 21 tonnes.
Where the seismic waves were registered
Chengde
CHINA
Beijing
Hebei
Tangshan
Langfang
Tianjin
Binhai
Baoding
Bohai Bay
Hebei
Cangzhou
50km
Where the seismic waves were registered
CHINA
Beijing
Hebei
J
Tangshan
Langfang
Tianjin
Binhai
Bohai Bay
Hebei
Cangzhou
50km
The deadly explosion occurred in a warehouse owned by a company named Ruihai Logistics, licensed to handle dangerous goods in the port of Tianjin. An official environmental report in 2013 said that a fire or blast at Ruihai’s warehouses would not have had a considerable impact on the neighbouring area, which includes residential high-rise buildings, a convention centre and a sports stadium.
2km
from blast
Windows were shattered and walls knocked down within at least this area
1km
from blast
Train
station
RUIHAI
LOGISTICS
Port of Tianjin Northern
Harbour Basin
Taifeng Park
Residential
area
Taida Football Stadium
Train
station
Binhai
Convention Centre
Entrance of port
Windows were shattered and walls knocked down within at least this area
2km
from blast
1km
Northern
Harbour Basin
RUIHAI
LOGISTICS
Train
station
Taida Football Stadium
Residential
area
Taifeng Park
Train
station
Binhai
Convention Centre
2km
from blast
Windows were shattered and walls knocked down within at least this area
1km
from blast
Port of Tianjin Northern
Harbour Basin
Train
station
RUIHAI
LOGISTICS
Residential
area
Taifeng Park
Taida Football Stadium
Train
station
Binhai
Convention Centre
Entrance of port
