[[Fil:Damages after 2020 Beirut explosions 1.jpg|thumb|Skader ved havnen forårsaget af eksplosionen.]]
Om eftermiddagen den 4. august 2020<ref name="DR">{{cite news|work=[[Danmarks Radio]]|title=Kæmpe eksplosion ryster Beirut - over 25 dræbte og 2.500 sårede|url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/udland/kaempe-eksplosion-ryster-beirut-over-25-draebte-og-2500-saarede|date=4. august 2020|access-date=8. august 2020}}</ref> skete der flere [[eksplosion]]er i byen [[Beirut]], hovedstad i [[Libanon]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Massive explosion shakes Lebanese capital, buildings near Beirut port reportedly damaged|url=https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/massive-explosion-shakes-lebanese-capital-buildings-near-beirut-port-damaged-1.9046138|accessdate=4. august 2020|date=4. august 2020|last1=Khoury|first1=Jack|last2=Landou|first2=Noa|website=Haaretz|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805065959/https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/massive-explosion-shakes-lebanese-capital-buildings-near-beirut-port-damaged-1.9046138|archive-date=5. august 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Eksplosionerne skete i [[Beirut havn]], og mindst 192203 personer døde og mindst 6.500 blev såret.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53720383|title=Lebanon's government 'to resign over blast'|date=10. august 2020|accessdate=10. august 2020|website=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2020/Aug-05/509878-lebanon-mourns-beirut-blast-toll-expected-to-rise.ashx|title=Beirut blast death toll hits 100 as Lebanon mourns |website=www.dailystar.com.lb}}</ref><ref name=guardian-count>{{Cite news|title=Lebanon: at least 78 killed as huge explosion rocks Beirut|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/04/huge-explosion-beirut-lebanon-shatters-windows-rocks-buildings|last=Chulov|first=Martin|date=4. august 2020|access-date=4. august 2020|work=[[The Guardian]]|last2=Safi|first2=Michael|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804160549/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/04/huge-explosion-beirut-lebanon-shatters-windows-rocks-buildings|archive-date=4. august 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="guardian.live.2020.08.04">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/aug/04/beirut-explosion-huge-blast-port-lebanon-capital|title=Beirut explosion: dead and wounded among 'hundreds of casualties', says Lebanon Red Cross – live updates|first1=Oliver|last1=Holmes|first2=Peter|last2=Beaumont|first3=Michael|last3=Safi|first4=Martin|last4=Chulov|date=4. august 2020|website=The Guardian|accessdate=4. august 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804201541/https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/aug/04/beirut-explosion-huge-blast-port-lebanon-capital|archive-date=4. august 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="jazeera.live.2020.08.04">{{Cite web|last=Gadzo|first=Mersiha|title=Dozens killed, thousands wounded in Beirut blast: Live updates|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/huge-explosion-rocks-lebanon-capital-beirut-live-updates-200804163620414.html|access-date=4. august 2020|date=4. august 2020|website=Al Jazeera|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804210957/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/huge-explosion-rocks-lebanon-capital-beirut-live-updates-200804163620414.html|archive-date=4. august 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/udland/dansker-i-beirut-folk-siger-libanon-ikke-laengere-har-en-hovedstad Dansker i Beirut: 'Folk siger, at Libanon ikke længere har en hovedstad']. [[DR]]. Hentet 5/8-2020</ref> Beiruts guvernør [[Marwan Abboud]] estimerede at mellem 200.000 og 250.000 personer var blevet hjemløse som følge af eksplosionerne.<ref name="AJE 05-08">{{cite news|work=[[Al Jazeera English]]|title=Lebanon eyes state of emergency after deadly Beirut blast: Live|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/lebanon-eyes-state-emergency-deadly-beirut-blast-live-200804234925493.html|date=5. august 2020|access-date=5. august 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805082935/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/lebanon-eyes-state-emergency-deadly-beirut-blast-live-200804234925493.html|archive-date=5. august 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
Hovedeksplosionen bliver forbundet med omkring 2.750 tons [[ammoniumnitrat]], der var blevet konfiskeret af regeringen fra et forladt skib og opbevaret på havnen uden særlige sikkerhedsforanstaltning i de seneste seks år.{{r|jazeera.live.2020.08.04}} Estimater af [[TNT-ækvivalent|ækvivalenteffekterne]] for eksplosionsradiussen går fra 100-300 tons [[Trotyl|TNT]].<ref name="Horton 2020">{{cite web | last=Horton | first=Alex | title=Here’s what the videos of the Beirut blast tell us about the explosion | website=Washington Post | date=4. august 2020 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/08/04/beirut-explosion-ammonium-nitrate/ | access-date=5. august 2020}}</ref><ref name="Sina">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/sinabooeshaghi/status/1290727092884299778|title=Using dimensional analysis I estimate that the energy contained in the awful #Beirut explosion was approximately 12 Terajoules|access-date=5. august 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805075426/https://twitter.com/sinabooeshaghi/status/1290727092884299778|archive-date=5. august 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Huisman">{{cite web | last=Huisman | first=Sander | title=Estimation of energy yield of 2020 Beirut port explosion | website=Wolfram Community | date=4. august 2020 | url=https://community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/2051264 | access-date=4. august 2020}}</ref>
