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I suspect the meteorite and earthquake are not related. The only recent earthquake that fits your description was M6.6 at 67.580°N 142.593°E [1], that's about ~

I suspect the meteorite and earthquake are not related. The only recent earthquake that fits your description was M6.6 at 67.580°N 142.593°E [1], that's about ~2630 miles away from the reported meteorite impact in Chelyabinsk, Russia [2]. [1] http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000f76f#summary http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000f76f#... [2] http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_METEORITE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_METEORITE?S...

lutusp 14y ago
> I suspect the meteorite and earthquake are not related. It wasn't an earthquake -- it was a very powerful sonic boom, and yes, it was caused by the meteorite's passing. A similar sonic boom flattened hundreds of square miles in Tunguska in 1908, after a much larger space object fell there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event
- WestCoastJustin 14y ago
  The title was changed. The original said there was a meteorite strike, followed by a 6.7 earthquake.