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Russian meteor explosion 30x more powerful than Hiroshima bomb

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The explosion of a meteor above the Urals in Russia generated a force 30 times greater than the Hiroshima nuclear bomb, according to the European Space Agency.

As it exploded in the sky between 15km and 20km up, the ESA said is generated forces equivalent to 500 kilotons of TNT.

The ESA said events of this scale can be expected once every several of tens to

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