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Yes and no. It will be typically a different kind of explosion to that seen/heard/felt on Earth. This is due to the lack of atmosphere.
If you consider a chemical such as nitrogen tri-iodide which is capable of explosive decomposition (which requires no oxygen) or the reaction that occurs when a 9:5 mixture of oxygen and methane is ignited then you can see there there does not need to be ambient oxygen for explosive conditions to occur.
Indeed the largest observed explosions, supernovae, occur in space; similarly, stellar flares are another type of explosion that naturally occurs in space. These are types of nuclear explosion and again require no oxygen.
So that's the "yes" part.
However, on Earth explosions are heard and felt (in the main) through the shockwave that they cause in the atmosphere. With no atmosphere an explosion would be heard (and felt) only if shrapnel or other material ejected by the explosion hit an observer or listening device - the impacts would create vibrations in the material of the listener's spacesuit or the listening device, so creating sound. Depending on the type and size of explosion vibrations might also be felt through the moon's surface. But if the observer was protected by a shield and sat on a sufficiently sprung chair they would sense neither impacts nor vibrations.
And that's the "no".
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What continents surface is similar to the Moon's surface?
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What is the surface of the moon?
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