Meteorite Hits Mexico Leaving 30 Meter Crater in Ahuazotepec Municipality

NEWSOLIO ^ | 2/11/2010 | Newsolio Editor

[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.

[magellan]

Bush’s fault.

[GeronL]

That does not happen everyday

[alicewonders]

That would be an awesome thing to witness!

[ClearCase_guy]

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Image from the linked article:

[RandallFlagg]

That’s something I’d love to do when I retire.
Get an ultralight and cruise the deserts looking for impact craters.
There’s $$$ to be made from them thar things!

[earlJam]

[cripplecreek]

Olivine crystals from earth go for around $1 per carot. Good olivine crystals from meteorite go for as much as $1000 per carot.

[Fresh Wind]

A meteorite? Right. It’s the Martians.

[Waverunner]

I’ve seen this movie, soon the nearest town will suddenly lose telephone service.....

[Bringbackthedraft]

Is it in a leetle town called Grova Mils?

[The Comedian]

And don't walk toward it holding a Bible and quoting the 23rd Psalm, unless you're tired of living life as a cohesive set of molecules.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[sticker]

To be safe carry a boom box playing Slim Whitman

[brytlea]

I know and I’m actually amazed I have not heard this on the news. This is the first I’ve heard of it. Seems like a pretty big and interesting story.

[brytlea]

LOL

[GeronL]

very interesting

[Outlaw Woman]

Hmmmmm.......think actually bombing the moon a few weeks back might not have been a good idea.... just saying

[Sudetenland]

They kept a news blackout on this because they don’t want a panic to start by revealing that this is just the first of a huge wave accompanying a killer asteroid headed for Earth...Oh wait, I think I saw this movie.:)

[Erik Latranyi]

Pretty cool!

[Don Corleone]

Pathfinder for 12/21/12?

[cajuncow]

Another chupacabra has landed.

[txhurl]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2448935/posts

[oh8eleven]

A meteorite has smashed into the ground in Mexico
Oh great, another "action filled" episode to follow.

Yawn ...

[SamuraiScot]

Other reports said the Mexico meteorite impact partially damaged a road and a bridge.

Okay, I'll say it: How could they tell?

[Magnatron]

There seems to be a lot of stuff raining down on the earth over the past year. I’m wondering if we are in a cloud of debris that might contain something really big that we should be more concerned about. The “scientists” don’t seem to see these things until they have just brushed us by (not that we could do anything if we saw it ahead of time).

[jdsteel]

THIS is Iran’s “punch in the mouth to the West”!! They have given up on a nuclear weapon, and instead have developed a METEORITE weapon. This is said to counter-act the earthquake weapon that the the U.S. developed and used on Haiti. The arms race escalates.... ; )

[RaceBannon]

fresh dirt in the pothole, I mean, C’’Mon, how did you not know that one?

[Robert A. Cook, PE]

Reference!

[brytlea]

LOL I know, it DOES sound like the beginning of a sci fi movie.

[dusttoyou]

That does not happen everyday

Maybe every six days. Very similar meteorite landed in Peru last Saturday.

[Eye of Unk]

At first I thought it was that Iranian satellite full of worms and a turtle. Stupid muslims, could not even consider a dog like the Russians, they go down in history as the only country having its first attempt at space travel using of all things a turtle.

[John-Irish]

Whoa! That sounds like a big impact. Good thing no one was under it.

[John-Irish]

Absolutely not. And don’t go poking it with a stick. You should never poke things from outer space with a stick.

[sit-rep]

you’dda thunk they would have some pics of the crater by now!

[The Comedian]

You should never poke things from outer space with a stick.

That's more of guideline than a rule. I mean, "never" is a long time, and sometimes the temptation is simply overwhelming.

But we can definitely agree on a prohibition against letting anything from space that you poke with a stick touch your skin.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[John-Irish]

Well yes I agree ‘’never’’ is a long time. I’d say then be very careful when poking things from outer space with a stick. Perhaps a very long stick might be in order.:-)

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Scene from CREEPSHOW ...”Theat’s a meeteor”!

Wonder if things will start to “green up.”

[Deaf Smith]

Should we expect a wave of butt mortars from the planet Kladathu?

Damn bugs, kill them all.

[Sequoyah101]

They’ve come for the rebel queen of the Wookies.

Michelle! You’re wanted in Mexico! They have come for you!

[GeronL]

every 6 days? Thats like someone is at war with Earth. heh

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks GeronL!

Rain of Iron and Ice
by John S. Lewis

On 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)

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[SunkenCiv]

Whoops.

• Reported Meteorite fall between Puebla and Hidalgo (30 Meters)

[GeronL]

The account from 1919 sounds pretty big, much bigger than the one that hit Mexico I’d bet.

[SunkenCiv]

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. :’)

[Quix]

THANKS FOR THE PING.

[evets]

Latest report indicates Russian space junk fell.
http://newsolio.com/russian-satellite-hits-mexico,5255

[Quix]

HMMMMmmmmmm.

Thx.

[uglybiker]

Whatever y'do, don't touch th' meaty-yer!