Posted on 02/11/2010 6:07:26 AM PST by Dallas59
A meteorite has smashed into the ground in Mexico, leaving a 30 meter (100 feet) wide crater, reports said.
The meteorite impact was in the Ahuazotepec Municipality in Central Mexico between the cities of Puebla and Hidalgo.
The precise impact area of the meteorite was in a relatively unpopulated area and hit around 6.30pm local time, Mexican media said.
The Ahuazotepec, Mexico meteorite impact was so massive it broke windows in homes many kilometers from the epicenter and people reported buildings swaying and mass confusion. Other reports said the Mexico meteorite impact partially damaged a road and a bridge.
The Mexican military was called in to lock down the area where the apparent space rock slammed into the ground.
Initial fears where that the impact was a aircraft crashing to the ground, but that report was later dismissed.
The Central Mexico meteorite event was witnessed by countless people in the region of the impact, with people as far away as Mexico City saying they saw the burning object enter the atmosphere.
every 6 days? Thats like someone is at war with Earth. heh
*ping*
Rain of Iron and IceOn November 27,1919, a meteorite fell into Lake Michigan near the Michigan shore. "Residents of Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, South Bend, Grand Haven, and other Western Michigan cities fled from their homes in panic, fearing an earthquake. Houses were shaken, the country was illuminated as by a bright sun's rays, so all-enveloping it was impossible to tell from which direction the flare came, the earth trembled for half a moment and then came a deep prolonged rumbling as of a terrific explosion." (p 159)
by John S. Lewis
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The account from 1919 sounds pretty big, much bigger than the one that hit Mexico I’d bet.
Seems quite probable. One of the I guess drawbacks of impacts on water is the difficulty of evaluating the energy release, because the crater vanishes. :’)
THANKS FOR THE PING.
HMMMMmmmmmm.
Thx.
Whatever y'do, don't touch th' meaty-yer!
"Watch out for the meteor shit!"
Meteor causes panic in New Zealand
Tuesday, Sep 12 (AP)
A meteor has streaked across a large swathe of New Zealand’s South Island, creating a sonic boom which sent people running from their workplaces and homes, witnesses said.
The loud boom was heard over northern and central parts of the South Island shaking buildings and rattling windows, reports said.
Kevin Graham was working in his garage workshop southwest of the city of Christchurch, when he heard the boom.
He spoke to his wife in Christchurch, who had run outside because she thought the building she was in was going to collapse.
“I ran outside because I thought my place was going to collapse as well,” he said.
Matthew Miller, who was working outdoors at Ashburton, south of Christchurch, said he saw a fireball streak across the sky, although he did not hear the sonic boom reported by witnesses in areas further north.
“There was this really bright comet shooting across the sky,” Miller told state radio.
“I saw it for about a second, it was travelling so fast and covered so much ground.”
The resident superintendent of Canterbury University's Mount John Observatory, Alan Gilmour, said meteors were reported every few years.
“All the reports suggest it was a pretty standard meteor but large and low,” he told state radio, adding it most likely broke up in the atmosphere.
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I see, only a pretty standard meteor. No need to be alarmed. Calm down and go back to bed ....
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A lot of these lately.
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