- Chelyabinsk Russia
- Fell February 15, 2013
- Stone - LL5
At 9:22 a.m. (local time) on February 15, 2013, a bright fireball was
seen by numerous residents in parts of the Kurgan, Tyumen, Ekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk
districts. Images of the fireball were captured by many video cameras, especially in
Chelyabinsk. Residents of the Chelyabinsk district heard the sound of a large explosion.
The impact wave destroyed many windows in Chelyabinsk and surrounding cities. Many people
were wounded by glass fragments. A part of the roof and a wall of a zinc plant and a
stadium in Chelyabinsk were also damaged. Numerous (thousands) stones fell as a shower
around Pervomaiskoe, Deputatsky and Yemanzhelinka villages ~40 km S of Chelyabinsk. The
meteorite pieces were recovered and collected out of snow by local people immediately
after the explosion. The snow cover was about 0.7 m deep. The falling stones formed holes
surrounded by firm snow. Largest stones reached the frozen soil. A stone may have broken
the ice of Chebarkul Lake, located 70 km W of Chelyabinsk. Small meteorite fragments were
found around the 8 m hole in the ice but divers did not find any stones on the lake
bottom.
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