People initially thought it was terrorism.
A series of earth-shattering explosions have caused people south of the country was Argentina where her worry that the cottages, buildings shaking with tremors. But fortunately because there is nothing so dangerous cases happened: it was caused by a meteorite falling to Earth.
On the last 20/7 would be a normal Wednesday afternoon in the city of General Roca 85,000 people , and suddenly the afternoon turned into unusual was that a series of large explosions rocked buildings and many glass doors in the city.
Police, firefighters and other rescue team members were quick soon to be determined where the blast but were surprised, they did not find any evidence of a bomb explosion, the consequences of an earthquake or other natural disaster.
A series of earth-shattering explosions have caused people south of the country was Argentina where her worry that the cottages, buildings shaking with tremors. But fortunately because there is nothing so dangerous cases happened: it was caused by a meteorite falling to Earth.
On the last 20/7 would be a normal Wednesday afternoon in the city of General Roca 85,000 people , and suddenly the afternoon turned into unusual was that a series of large explosions rocked buildings and many glass doors in the city.
Police, firefighters and other rescue team members were quick soon to be determined where the blast but were surprised, they did not find any evidence of a bomb explosion, the consequences of an earthquake or other natural disaster.
Ultimately, the scientists have found the reason: a meteor has entered the Earth's atmosphere at an altitude of 10,000 meters, moving at a speed of 2,400 km / h.
"This meteorite fell to Earth while on an uninhabited area, this has made everyone surprised. If it flew over the desert or certain offshore waters, we will never know, "says astronomer Roberto Figueroa, the manager Observatory Neuquen near the scene of the explosion in the atmosphere .
He estimates that there are other asteroid about 12 meters in width, before breaking into three large pieces going into the atmosphere.
And because we plunged into the Earth with breakneck speed, they create a shock wave spread out and that is the cause of the explosion was heard by people nearby.
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