Tunguska event photograph

Tunguska Event

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Eventmegatons of TNT
EffectsFlattening 2,000 km2 (770 sq mi) of forest
Deaths0 confirmed, 2 possible
Cause air
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Date of Upd.
ID730752
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About Tunguska Event


The Tunguska event was a large explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate, Russia, on the morning of 30 June 1908. The explosion over the sparsely populated Eastern Siberian Taiga flattened 2,000 square kilometres of forest, yet caused no known human casualties.

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