Tunguska Event: Siberia's Mysterious Mega-Blast
Date: June 30, 1908
Key Characters: Eyewitnesses (local Evenki people, traders), Leonid Kulik (expedition leader).
Summary: At 7:17 AM, a massive explosion flattened 800 square miles of remote Siberian forest near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River. The blast, equivalent to 10-15 megatons of TNT, was heard hundreds of miles away and generated seismic waves detected globally. Expeditions (first led by Kulik in 1927) found no crater but immense radial tree blowdown. The leading theory is the airburst of a stony asteroid or comet fragment roughly 50-60 meters wide, the largest impact event in recorded history.
Historical Reference: Eyewitness testimonies collected later, seismic and barometric records from 1908, Kulik's expedition reports, ongoing scientific studies.
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June 15, 2025
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