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Meanings of tunguska incident 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.

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        тунгусский метеорит
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        Examples for "tunguska event"
        1
        The last mid-sized asteroid to hit earth was the Tunguska event in 1908.
        Radio NZ
        2
        It's now called the Tunguska Event, the vagueness of the name conveying its seriousness.
        Wired
        3
        Since the region was unpopulated, the casualties of the Tunguska event were mostly trees and forest wildlife.
        Wired
        4
        The Tunguska event took place on the morning of June 30th, 1908.
        The fantastic inventions of Nikola Tesla
        5
        There used to be a theory that the Tunguska event was caused by one, but it's been disproved.
        Seveneves