More than 400 people have been slightly injured this Friday because of themeteorite impact in the Russian province of Chelyabinsk, in the Urals region, according to the latest data from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. As reported by the state news agency RIA Novosti, most of the injured suffer injuries caused by the breakage of glass, since the shock wave after the impact of the meteorite caused the explosion of window glass in many buildings, including some hospitals, schools and homes.
The incident is related tothe meteor shower that has fallen this Friday on three cities of the Urals, a phenomenon that has unleashed panic among the population. A member of the emergency services has informed RIA Novosti that the first data “indicates that there has been an explosion at an altitude of 10,000 meters that has caused a meteor shower.” In this regard, the RT chain has indicated that a meteorite, whose size has not transcended, had been intercepted by the Urzhumka air defense system, so it has disintegrated and its fragments have fallen on the cities of Chelyabinsk, Sverdlovsk and Tyumen .
The largest chunk appears to have reached Chelyabinsk. Its residents have reported that a large explosion and earthquake-like tremor have been heard. The city has been left without a telephone connection and without Internet.
Astronomers are still unclear if the event is related to theasteroid 2012 DA14that will happen today almost touching the Earth.
