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What If? USA Asteroid Impact
February 26, 2013 | USGS

“What if the February 15, 2013 meteor strike hit the United States, and not Russia? What if it were the size of the meteorite that struck off the coast of Virginia during the age when modern mammals began to appear?” Quoted from the USGS press release.


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