NASA has detected the explosion of a meteorite over the Bering Sea with the force of 11 atomic bombs

A gigantic explosion of one meteorite in the Earth's atmosphere was detected by the NASA, which recorded a force multiplying by 11 the impact of the atomic bomb used at Hiroshima and which constitutes the largest explosion of this kind since that of Chelyabinsk, Russia, six years ago.

The event occurred in December, but did not register on social networks or was not detected by the human eye because of its remote location: near the Russian Kamchatka peninsula, on the Bering Sea, in the middle of winter.

Such an explosion is not usual because it occurs two or three times a century, he explained. BBC Lindley Johnson, NASA specialist.

The asteroid entered the atmosphere at a speed of 32 kilometers per hour, at an angle of seven degrees. The celestial body, several meters in diameter, exploded about 25 kilometers from the surface of the Earth and the energy had an impact of 173 kilotons.: almost 11 times more than the 16 kilotons of the nuclear bomb used in Hiroshima.

NASA was alerted to the event by the US Air Force, whose military satellites recorded the blast.

Whatever it is, it did not happen totally away from civilization. Dr. Kelly Fast, researcher at the US Space Agency, explained that the blast zone is not far from the usual route of several commercial flights between America and Asia.

At present, no airline has reported being close to the event, but flight records are still being reviewed.

The bolide that struck Russia in 2013 generated 500 kilotons of energy and nearly 1,500 people were injured by the shock wave before the windows were destroyed and the material damage.