wooded area near the international airport in the capital of Nicaragua, Managua fell on Saturday night small meteorite . Object left a crater with a diameter of 12 and a depth of 5 meters. No one was hurt, the local residents have mentioned only the roar and the trembling ground.
Government spokeswoman Rosario Murillo stresses that piece of rock broke away probably from the asteroid 2014 RC, which is September 7 at the time of closest approach was approx. 40.000 km of the Earth. Mrs. policies reveals that the concerns of local experts Nicaragua will ask international scientists for help in clarifying the incident.
We should celebrate the fact that, thanks to God. meteorite fell in the area where he could not cause harm to anyone [Managua is because nearly 1-million and densely populated city] – says seismologist Jose Millan.
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