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by kortex 2150 days ago
I went on Nukemap and twiddled the yield until the radius of overpressure damage roughly matched the damage seen in the footage.

I arrived at 0.25 +/- 0.1 kT before the 2750T figure came out. That's in line with TNT-equivalent efficiency of AN and incomplete reaction due to scattering.

Tragically, this suggests a much higher death toll than currently reported. I am not sure if nukemap factors local population density; fortunately the epicenter was a sparsely populated pier.

(down for me right now, I bet their site is slashdotted/DoS'd by people doing similar) https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/classic/