Meteorite Hits Russia

[Lousada]

Surely, the standard unit for measuring big explosions nowadays is 'Hiroshima'? So, take your megatons elsewhere, good sir, and tell us how many Hiroshimas the meteorite produced?

Hiroshima was 16 megaton. So about 30 Hiroshimas

[Tazio]

Inverted double post

[Tazio]

Hiroshima was 16 megaton. So about 30 Hiroshimas

Of course I know that. But I didn't know that a meteorite that enters the atmosphere could produce such a large shockwave.

Reports are conflicting however; according to Russian Meteor Blast 'Heard' Around the World | Meteors & Asteroids | LiveScience the blast was 300 kilotons .3 megatons. In contrast the Tunguska event which flattened 2,000 square kilometers of remote Siberian forest was estimated to be ~80 megatons 1,000 times as powerful as the Hiroshima bomb which was ~15 kilotons
What was the yield of the Hiroshima bomb?

[steveaki13]

That Meterorite might have bought a new life form to earth, that is going to multiply and take over the planet. Our days are numbered. Everyone PPPPPPannnniiiiiiiiiiiiccccccccc.

[donKey jote]

If I saw a large flashlight in the air, my first instinct would have been to go and have a look, not crawling under my desk. Obviously a mistake I realize now.

a bit like if you see the water recede hundreds of meters on the beach, you should run in the opposite direction to high ground instead of going out to sea the seeshells

[gadjo_dilo]

a bit like if you see the water recede hundreds of meters on the beach, you should run in the opposite direction to high ground instead of going out to sea the seeshells

It's easy to laugh when you're sitting comfortable on your armchair. When such things happen all of a sudden you may act in a stupid way.
Whenever it's a major earthquake my first reaction is to run outside although I know it's wrong.