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The explosion of the meteorite
On Friday, February 15, at 9:20 am in Chelyabinsk fallen meteorite fragment. According to the press service of the State Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the Chelyabinsk region of the Urals and the Volga Federal Districts was a meteor rain.
Russian Emergency Situations Ministry reported that the cause of the shock wave, cover Chelyabinsk supposedly became a meteor rain. "At 9:20 in the sky over the city was seen object, - says Acting Chief EMERCOM Russia's Chelyabinsk Region Yuri Burenko. - Two minutes later, there were three cotton. The shock wave touched Chelyabinsk and surrounding areas. In the first hour in the operational services had no information. This incident - the first in the history of Russia. Sirens were not included on purpose, since it could cause panic ».
Russian Emergency Situations Ministry reported that the cause of the shock wave, cover Chelyabinsk supposedly became a meteor rain. "At 9:20 in the sky over the city was seen object, - says Acting Chief EMERCOM Russia's Chelyabinsk Region Yuri Burenko. - Two minutes later, there were three cotton. The shock wave touched Chelyabinsk and surrounding areas. In the first hour in the operational services had no information. This incident - the first in the history of Russia. Sirens were not included on purpose, since it could cause panic ».
