Top Meteorite and Asteroid Impacts in Earth's History

Impact in Siberia, estimated to be 5-8 km in diameter, occurring around the same time as the Chesapeake Bay impact.

Impact creating the Chesapeake Bay, occurring about 35 million years ago, with a crater about 40 km in diameter.

Caused the extinction of dinosaurs, with a crater about 180 km in diameter, occurring 66 million years ago.

Massive explosion in Siberia in 1908, flattening trees over an area of 2,150 square kilometers.

Explosion over Russia in 2013, injuring over 1,500 people and damaging thousands of buildings.

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One of the oldest and largest impact craters, estimated to be 6-9 miles in diameter, occurring about 1.8 billion years ago.

Hypothesized to have formed the Moon, involving a Mars-sized object colliding with Earth about 4.5 billion years ago.

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Largest verified impact structure on Earth, estimated to be 170-300 km in diameter, occurring about 2 billion years ago.

Oldest known impact structure on Earth, occurring about 2.229 billion years ago.

Well-preserved crater in Arizona, created by an iron asteroid about 50 meters in diameter, occurring about 50,000 years ago.