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Asteroid 'Hit Northern Russia'?
Friday, October 4, 2002
(18:25)
Ananova

At least 30 times a year, asteroids smash into the Earth's atmosphere and explode with the force of a nuclear bomb.

A large meteorite is thought to have smashed into a forest in a remote area of Russia.

Residents in the town of Bodaibo, in the Irkutsk region of Siberia, saw a large luminous body fall from the sky.

They say the impact caused the ground to shake and made a sound like thunder.

Flashes of bright light could be seen above the impact site, which was a long way from any settlements according to the Russian newspaper Pravda.

"Locals felt a strong shock, which could be comparable to an earthquake," said the report. "In addition to that, the people also heard a thunder-like sound."
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Dan