London Fuel Tank Explosion Recorded by Short-period Seismic Stations at 500-km Distance

Research Article| May 01, 2007 London Fuel Tank Explosion Recorded by Short-period Seismic Stations at 500-km Distance Klaus-G. Hinzen Klaus-G. Hinzen Earthquake Geology Division Cologne University Vinzenz-Pallotti-Str. 26 51429 Bergisch Gladbach, Germany hinzen@uni-koeln.de Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Seismological Research Letters (2007) 78 (3): 383–388. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.78.3.383 Article history first online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Klaus-G. Hinzen; London Fuel Tank Explosion Recorded by Short-period Seismic Stations at 500-km Distance. Seismological Research Letters 2007;; 78 (3): 383–388. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.78.3.383 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search On Sunday, 11 December 2005, at about 6 am UTC, several explosions rocked one of the five largest fuel depots in the United Kingdom, approximately 40 km north of London in Buncefield, Hertfordshire. Some media sources claimed that the resulting fire was the largest in peacetime Europe. A handful of families were temporarily homeless because of the fire, and many more residents within a three-mile radius of the Hemel Hempstead site saw their homes damaged. The blast also destroyed part of the Luton Airport terminal, and the oil fire sent thick clouds of black smoke over London and South England... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.