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Meanings of tunguska event in English

Russian
тунгусский метеорит
Portuguese
evento de tunguska
Spanish
caso tunguska
Catalan
incident de tunguska
Wikidata

Powerful explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River.

Related terms
тунгусский метеорит
Usage of tunguska event in English
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The last mid-sized asteroid to hit earth was the Tunguska event in 1908.
Radio NZ
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It's now called the Tunguska Event, the vagueness of the name conveying its seriousness.
Wired
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Since the region was unpopulated, the casualties of the Tunguska event were mostly trees and forest wildlife.
Wired
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The Tunguska event took place on the morning of June 30th, 1908.
The fantastic inventions of Nikola Tesla
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There used to be a theory that the Tunguska event was caused by one, but it's been disproved.
Seveneves
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This blast, known as the Tunguska event, flattened trees over a 2,000-square-kilometer area.
Wired
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Image: Aftermath of the Tunguska event.
Wired
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A small Tunguska event, you said.'
The Long Earth
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Known as the Tunguska event, the explosion over Siberia was the biggest ever documented; the equivalent of 185 Hiroshima bombs.
The South African
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The nature of the Tunguska event, also, is not inconsistent with what would happen during the sudden release of wireless power.
The fantastic inventions of Nikola Tesla
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Below us they will be breaking camp already, and then this site will suffer a minor version of the Tunguska event.'
The Long Earth
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The argument reflects the same debate that raged after the last big meteorite impact, the so-called Tunguska event in Siberia in 1908.
The Guardian
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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska event when an incoming asteroid no more than 60 metres across blew up over Siberia.
The Irish Times