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The Tunguska Event
The largest explosion in recorded history flattened 830 square miles of Siberian forest — and nothing has ever been found at the impact site.
On June 30, 1908, a massive explosion over Siberia's Podkamennaya Tunguska River flattened roughly 830 square miles of forest with a blast estimated at up to 50 megatons. No impact crater or meteorite fragments have ever been found.
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Quick facts
- →The blast is estimated at up to 1,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
- →The remote location meant the first scientific expedition didn't arrive until 1927 — nearly two decades later.
- →Trees were found flattened in a distinctive "butterfly" pattern radiating from ground zero, still visible in expedition photos.
- →Despite the enormous blast, no impact crater or confirmed meteorite fragments have ever been recovered.
Entities on file
Podkamennaya Tunguska River (location)
Remote Siberian river near the 1908 explosion site.
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Leonid Kulik (person)
Soviet mineralogist who led the first scientific expedition to the site in 1927.
→ led first scientific expedition to → Podkamennaya Tunguska River✓documented