[pepsi_junkie]

Space boffins think that if the rock measuring between 16 and 32 metres had hit, it could’ve wiped a major city such as New York off the map.

In the far more likely scenario that it hit the ocean, what (if any) negative consequences would result? The kinetic energy of a 32 meter rock zooming in a interplanetary speed must be enourmous but would it be enough to, for example, generate a small tsunami? Hydrogen bombs didn't, so I'm guessing no but who knows?

[Popman]

I have always been suspect of earth ending scenarios.

A 32 meter size rock is tiny compared to earth...

Sort of like a grain of sand or smaller hitting a basketball...

Not convinced that much damage would occur...

[Mastador1]

In the far more likely scenario that it hit the ocean, what (if any) negative consequences would result? The kinetic energy of a 32 meter rock zooming in a interplanetary speed must be enourmous but would it be enough to, for example, generate a small tsunami? Hydrogen bombs didn't, so I'm guessing no but who knows?

The whales, for the love of cod, think of the whales and sea life that would be destroyed! The loss of a city and a few million humans would be trivial compared to the life of just one whale!