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Date: 15 February 2013; 11 years ago (): Time: 09:20:29 YEKT (): Location: Chebarkul, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia: Coordinates: 1]: Also known as: Chelyabinsk meteorite [2]: Cause: Meteor air burst: Non-fatal injuries: 1,491 indirect injuries [3]: Property damage: Over 7,200 [4] buildings damaged, collapsed factory roof, shattered windows, $33 million (2013 USD) lost [5]: The Chelyabinsk meteor ...
An operation to recover it from the lake began on 10 September 2013, [18] and concluded on 16 October 2013, with the raising of the rock with the mass of 540 kg (1,190 lb). [7] It was examined by scientists and handed over to the local authorities, [ 19 ] [ 20 ] who put it on display at the Chelyabinsk State Museum of Local Lore.
February 11 - An underground methane gas explosion killed up to 18 miners at a coal pit in northern Russia. [1] February 13 -President Vladimir Putin submits a bill that would ban Russian Cabinet members and other senior officials from having foreign bank accounts and owning foreign stock. [2]
The meteor which exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk on 15 February 2013 released the energy of 30 atomic bombs, shaking the ground, damaging buildings, and injuring over 1,500 people.
Russia has the largest nuclear arsenal in the world, with nearly 6,000 warheads, according to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. The US has the second-largest inventory at more ...
The asteroid, described as "very small" by NASA, impacted Earth's atmosphere around 11:14 a.m. ET and created a fireball over eastern Russia, the space agency said in a post on X.
Although no human is known to have been killed directly by an impact [disputed – discuss], over 1000 people were injured by the Chelyabinsk meteor airburst event over Russia in 2013. [26] In 2005 it was estimated that the chance of a single person born today dying due to an impact is around 1 in 200,000. [27]
"To confirm the seriousness of Russia's intentions and to convince our opponents of Moscow's readiness to escalate, it is worth considering a demonstrative (i.e. non-combat) nuclear explosion ...