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Preliminary information indicates that a meteor in Chelyabinsk, Russia, is not related to asteroid 2012 DA14, which is flying by Earth safely today. The meteor entered the atmosphere at about 18 kilometres per second. The impact time was 3:20:26 UTC on Feb. 15, and the energy released by the impact was in the hundreds of kilotons.
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The 2013 Russian meteor event occurred on the morning of 15 February 2013 when a meteor estimated to be 15 metres in diameter entered Earth's atmosphere as a fireball with a speed of at least 15 km/s, roughly 44 times the speed of sound, over the southern Ural region of Russia, at approximately 09:13 YEKT (03:13 UTC), and shattered over the city of Chelyabinsk. 
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Google earth file: Chebarkul Crater.kmz (1kb, kmz)



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No serious disruptions caused by meteorite crash - Russian Emergency Situations Ministry (EMERCOM)

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Beloyarskaya nuclear power plant not damaged by meteorite shower

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Meteorite impact destroys zinc plant roof in Chelyabinsk Region

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Russian meteor largest in a century

A meteor that exploded over Russia this morning was the largest recorded object to strike the Earth in more than a century, scientists say. Infrasound data collected by a network designed to watch for nuclear weapons testing suggests that today's blast released hundreds of kilotonnes of energy. That would make it far more powerful than the nuclear weapon tested by North Korea just days ago and the largest rock crashing on the planet since a meteor broke up over Siberia's Tunguska river in 1908. 
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Russian meteor will teach us about future bigger hits

Studying the impact could give clues to future hits from rarer, bigger space rocks, which are bound to occur.
The Russian Academy of Sciences says the meteor weighed 10 tons and entered the atmosphere at a speed of at least 54,000 kilometres per hour, exploding between 30 to 50 kilometres above the ground. Reports from Russia also say that more than 900 hundred people have been injured, mostly by broken glass. Reports also suggest there are no fatalities, although two people are in intensive care.
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Rough position of impact event on the 15th February, 2013

Google earth file: Chebarkul Crater.kmz (1kb, kmz)

 Latitude: 55° 0'52.04"N, Longitude:  60°20'47.30"E



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Meteor strike injures hundreds in central Russia

A meteor crashing in Russia's Ural mountains has injured at least 500 people, as the shockwave blew out windows and rocked buildings.
Most of those hurt suffered minor cuts and bruises but some received head injuries, Russian officials report. 
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Possible meteor shower reported in eastern Russia

A powerful blast rocked the Russian region of the Urals early on Friday with bright objects, identified as possible meteorites, falling from the sky, emergency officials said.
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