I think this may be dependent on how you mean “leveled.” Looking at NASA shots of the Beirut blast area, there are clearly large buildings still standing a few hundred meters from the blast site. Assuming a city block is roughly 200 meters square, we’d be in the same order of magnitude. Beirut was 3000 tonnes. Oklahoma City was two tonnes and didn’t even level the Murrah building (but did destroy some others nearby). At this point we’re clearly into quibble country but safely in agreement that the toolbox wasn’t going to level two blocks except in LegoLand.
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