How many people were killed in the 1908 Tunguska Event in Siberia?
The Tunguska event, sometimes called the Tunguska explosion, was a massive explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya (Under Rock) Tunguska River in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia, at 7:40 AM on June 30, 1908. The explosion was most likely caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet fragment at an altitude of 5 to 10 kilometers (3–6 mi) above Earth’s surface. Different studies yielded varying estimates for the meteor’s size, including 60 meters, 90 to 190 meters and up to 1200 meters in diameter. Although the meteor or comet is considered to have burst prior to hitting the surface, this event is still referred to as an impact event. The energy of the blast was estimated to be between 10 and 20 megatons of TNT — 1,000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The explosion felled an estimated 80 million trees over 2,150 square kilometers (830 sq mi). It is estimated to have measured 5.0 on the Richter scale. The Tunguska event is the largest impact eve
No one was actually killed in the blast aside from many luckless woodland creatures. The explosion occur ed over an extremely remote area of Siberia, that was a heavily forested marshy region, plagued with massive swarms of mosquito’s. The area is so remote and inaccessible in fact, that it was several years before researchers made it into the blast area. By the way, contrary to “Ufologist” (that term slays me. lol) the trees did not “hum” for years after, as a matter of fact they never did. For the “Ufologist” reading this. Trees are great big leafy things that rely on photosynthesis for life. Humming birds are teeny tiny little feathered things that rely on nectar for life. I can see how you might confuse these, since you’ve been confusing balloons with foil targets for crashed spaceships for sixty years.
