Tunguska event
powerful explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River
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Summary
Tunguska event is an explosion[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of explosion entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,988 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Russian Empire[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Yeniseysk Governorate[4]
- Named after: Podkamennaya Tunguska[5]
- Location: Evenk Autonomous Okrug[6]
- Commons category: Tunguska event[7]
- Time of discovery or invention: June 30, 1908[8]
- Point in time: June 30, 1908[9]
- Has cause: Tunguska meteorite[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tunguska event[11]
- Described at URL: https://baike.so.com/doc/5389679-5626270.html[12], http://www.tunguska.ru/[13]
- Number of deaths: 0[14]
- Number of injured: 0[15]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
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Influence
Things named for Tunguska event include 1930 Curuçá River event[17], an impact event[18], in Brazil[19] and 5471 Tunguska[20], an asteroid[21].
Why It Matters
Tunguska event has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 98 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]
Entities named for it include 1930 Curuçá River event[17], an impact event[18], in Brazil[19] and 5471 Tunguska[20], an asteroid[21].