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The bomb exploded about 500 m. (1,625 ft.) above the ground and directly beneath it (the hypocentre) was a suburb of schools, factories, and private houses. The radius of destruction for reinforced concrete buildings was 750 m. (2,437 ft.), greater than at Hiroshima where the blast caused by the bomb was more vertical.
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Hiroshima was a vary small bomb compared to know a days. But to answer your question a one megaton nuclear bomb would effect almost a 7 mile radius alone. Not to mention the nuclear fall out radius. So if the Hiroshima bomb was about 19 kilotons then I suspect it would be about less then a mile radius...