How many people were killed in the 1908 Tunguska Event?

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1. another girl says

   how is this related to astronomy and space? sorry , if you think i offended you and i am not being sarcastic.

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2. tham153 says

   One man, about sixty miles from the site, was knocked from his porch to the ground, and is said to have died the next day of his injuries. Other than this, the place was so remote that apparently no one else was hurt. Had it hit 4 hours and 56 minutes later, it would have taken out St Petersburg, Russia, which then had a population of slightly over one million.

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3. Top says

   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.

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4. Peter K says

   None, but a lot of trees were knocked down.

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5. Joe says

   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 event in recent history. An explosion of this magnitude had the potential to devastate large metropolitan areas had it occurred over a large city. This possibility has helped to spark discussion of ways to potentially stop large asteroids or comets from hitting Earth.

   Amount of people who died was …………… 1
   Probably the closest observers were some reindeer herders asleep in their tents in several camps about 30 km (20 mi) from the site. They were blown into the air and knocked unconscious; one man was blown into a tree and later died. "Everything around was shrouded in smoke and fog from the burning fallen trees."

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6. WOW says

   no one died only deers and animals died are you watching x files again lol

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7. centretek666 says

   No one. Expeditions later to the area could find no meteorite fragments so it would appear that a small comet exploded shortly before it would have hit the ground. The noise was heard in London like loud thunder.

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8. Spin Z says

   The estimate is: none.

   The area was not inhabited and no casualties are known. So unless some random unfortunate hermit happened to be in the area, no-one died in the event.

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9. stick m says

   Zero, the whole thing was made up

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