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Tunguska event

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The Tunguska event was a large explosion of between 3 and 50 megatons that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate (now Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia, on the morning of 30 June 1908. The explosion over the sparsely populated East Siberian taiga felled an estimated 80 million trees over an area of 2,150 km2 (830 sq mi) of forest, and eyewitness accounts suggest up to three people may have died. The explosion is generally attributed to a meteor air burst, the atmospheric explosion of a stony asteroid about 50–60 metres (160–200 feet) wide.: p. 178 The asteroid approached from the east-south-east, probably with a relatively high speed of about 27 km/s; 98,004 km/h (Mach 80). Though the incident is classified as an impact event, the object is thought to have exploded at an altitude of 5 to 10 kilometres (3 to 6 miles) rather than hitting the Earth's surface, leaving no impact crater.

Tunguska event - Wikipedia Jump to content Coordinates : 60°54′11″N 101°54′35″E / 60.90306°N 101.90972°E / 60.90306; 101.90972 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1908 air burst explosion in Siberia, Russia "},"cause":{"wt":"Probable [[meteor air burst]] of small [[asteroid]] or [[comet]]"},"outcome":{"wt":"Flattened {{convert|2150|sqkm|abbr=on}} of forest<br />Devastation to local plants and animals"},"property_damage":{"wt":"A few damaged buildings"},"deaths":{"wt":"Up to 3 possible<ref name=jenniskens>{{cite journal |last1=Jenniskens|first1=P|year=2019|title=Tunguska eyewitness accounts,

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