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Tunguska event - Wikipedia The Tunguska event is the largest impact event on Earth in recorded history, though much larger impacts are believed to have occurred in prehistoric times An explosion of this magnitude would be capable of destroying a large metropolitan area [10]
Tunguska event | Summary, Cause, Facts | Britannica The Tunguska event was an enormous explosion that occurred at about 7:14 AM on June 30, 1908, at an altitude of 5–10 km (15,000–30,000 feet), flattening some 2,000 square km (500,000 acres) and charring more than 100 square km of pine forest near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in central Siberia, Russia
115 Years Ago: The Tunguska Asteroid Impact Event - NASA On June 30, 1908, an asteroid plunged into Earth’s atmosphere and exploded in the skies over Siberia Local eyewitnesses in the sparsely populated region reported seeing a fireball and hearing a large explosion They also reported massive forest fires, and trees blown over for miles
The Tunguska Event: What Really Happened in Siberia in 1908? The Tunguska Event, as it came to be known, remains one of the most enigmatic occurrences in modern history, sparking numerous theories about its cause Eyewitnesses reported seeing a fireball streaking across the sky, followed by an ear-splitting explosion that caused the ground to tremble
A Cosmic Explosion Over Siberia - NASA Earth Observatory However, one of Earth’s best-known encounters with a near-Earth object in recent history—the Tunguska Event —left no permanent mark Early in the morning on June 30, 1908, an object that scientists estimate was between 50 and 100 meters (150 and 300 feet) across plunged into Earth’s atmosphere, creating a brilliant fireball that
June 30, 1908: The Tunguska Event - American Physical Society On the morning of June 30, 1908, the sparse populace – mostly indigenous Evenki natives and Russian settlers – in a remote region of Siberia saw a bright column of light streak across the sky
The Tunguska Event: Earth’s Most Powerful Unexplained Explosion At approximately 7:17 AM on June 30, 1908, a massive explosion occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Siberia, Russia The blast leveled around 18 million trees, devastating an area of more than 2,100 square kilometers (800 square miles)
Tunguska event - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tunguska event is the name for a very large mid-air explosion that occurred on 30 June 1908 in Siberia Most eyewitnesses talk about one or more explosions that happened around 7:15 a m local time The cause of these explosions is unknown, but a meteorite impact has been suggested as a likely cause