Meteorite Leaves House-Sized Crater in Nicaragua’s Capital

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A blast near the Nicaraguan capital city of Managua on Saturday night was most likely caused by a meteorite plummeting to Earth, creating a 40-foot-wide crater.

A piece of the 2014 RC asteroid that passed close to earth on Sunday, the meteorite dug a 16-foot-deep hole, Nicaraguan government scientists said. Miraculously, no one was hurt.

The 60-foot-wide asteroid was passing 25,000 miles from Earth on Sunday but posed no danger to the planet, NASA said.

Read more http://www.newsweek.com/meteorite-leaves-house-sized-crater-nicaraguas-capital-268948
 

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