# Beirut explosion

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**Created:** [August 4, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beirut-explosion/917267 "2020-08-04T18:57:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beirut-explosion/917267/129 "2020-08-11T14:18:19Z")

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> [@Hermitian](#):
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> One of the things I find interesting about this is that the video gets wobbly right after explosion but before shockwave arrives. I presume this is because the camera was mounted and the waves traveled through the ground more quickly than the air.

Yes. **[Discussed here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beirut-explosion-bridal-video-sound-before-arrival-of-main-blast/917505/25)**. You can even hear the effects of the quake, shortly before the blast wave arrives.

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