Now THAT's a Crater
Highway from Kazakhstan to Chelyabinsk, Russia
A dashboard camera, on a highway from Kostanai, Kazakhstan, to Chelyabinsk region, Russia on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 shows a meteorite contrail. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains, causing sharp explosions and injuring dozens of people. (AP Photo/Nasha Gazeta, www.ng.kz)
The meteor strike in Russia Friday, Feb. 15 got a lot of attention. About 1,100 people were injured when the 10-ton meteor plummeted to earth in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia. It created a sonic boom which shattered windows and toppled walls in the region. Most of the injuries were caused by shattering glass.
It was certainly the meteor heard 'round the world, with dozens of videos and hundreds of photos captured. However, in the grand scheme of things it was a pretty minor meteorite.
We combed the history records and came up with a few meteor impacts that really made the Earth shake.
