The atomic bomb hit the area near the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, now known as the Atomic Bomb Dome, located in Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park.
The temperature at the hypocenter of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima reached around 7,000 degrees Fahrenheit (3,870 degrees Celsius). This extreme heat generated a powerful fireball and caused widespread destruction in the city.
The weight of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima was approximately 9,700 pounds (4,400 kilograms).
The atomic bomb was detonated about 1,900 feet (580 meters) above Hiroshima.
The first atomic bomb, dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, leveled an area of about 4.7 square miles.
The Hiroshima atomic bomb, codenamed "Little Boy," had an estimated yield of about 15 kilotons of TNT equivalent.
One day after the atomic bomb hit Hiroshima in Japan.
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Little Boy was the code name for the bomb that hit Hiroshima at the end of WW2.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The first atomic bomb used against mankind exploded at 8.15 over Hiroshima.
Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945.
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