Shortly after 6 p.m. of 4 August 2020, I was in my office located in the museum building (Post Hall) of the Mediterranean‐facing campus of the American University of Beirut when I felt what was like a strong but short‐duration earthquake. A couple of seconds later, a bang followed. I stood up and went to one of my windows trying to figure out what was going on, and unexpectedly I was blown away to the inside where I found myself under the rubble of a collapsed office and shattered glass. The epicenter of the colossal explosion was the now‐infamous Hangar‐12...

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贝鲁特港爆炸：地球科学视角

2020 年 8 月 4 日下午 6 点刚过不久，我在位于贝鲁特美国大学面向地中海的校园博物馆大楼（Post Hall）的办公室里，感受到了一场强烈但持续时间很短的地震。几秒后，随之而来的是一声巨响。我站起来走到我的一个窗户前试图弄清楚发生了什么，没想到我被吹到了里面，我发现自己在倒塌的办公室和碎玻璃的瓦砾下。巨大爆炸的震中是现在臭名昭著的Hangar-12……