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By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com Guide to 20th Century History since 1997

Huge and Mysterious Explosion in Siberia

Thursday November 6, 2008
At 7:14 a.m. on June 30, 1908, a giant explosion shook central Siberia. The explosion caused a magnitude 5.0 earthquake and leveled 80 million trees. Although many believe a meteor caused the blast, no crater or pieces of meteorite have yet been found. What happened in Tunguska?

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