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Large blast heard just before midnight followed by burning smell.
“We thought it was a bomb because we felt an expansive wave.”
— Jorge Santamaria
A small meteorite landed near the international airport in the Nicaraguan capital, Managua, on Saturday night, government officials say.
“All the evidence that we’ve confirmed at the site corresponds exactly with a meteorite and not with any other type of event.”
— Ineter scientist Jose Millan
Residents reported hearing a loud bang and feeling the impact, which left a crater 12m (40ft) wide and 5m deep. Government spokeswoman Rosario Murillo said the meteorite seemed to have broken off an asteroid which was passing close to Earth. She said international experts had been called in to investigate further.
No-one was hurt when it hit the wooded area near the international airport and an air force base.
‘Like a bomb’
An adviser to Nicaragua’s Institute of Earth Studies…
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