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Last updated: 2017 May 5.

1000

• (approximate date) A meteorite falls in North America (modern day Alberta, Canada), shattering into dozens of pieces (74+ found), leaving a small crater 36 metres wide and 6 metres deep. [521]

1064

• In Chang-chou, China, a daytime fireball and meteorite fall is observed. [521]

1348

January 25

• In Carinthia (Austria - northern Italy), "fire fell from heaven", an earthquake destroys 16 cities, killing over 40,000. [1] [53] [521]

1369

• Chinese record the fall of a "large star" in Ho-t-ao, injuring several soldiers. [521]

1430

June

• In (what is now modern day) New Zealand, a huge comet strikes the ocean less than a hundred miles from the Chinese fleet of Zhou Man, destroying at least 173 ships, by a mega-tsunami. Observed by Chinese and Mayan astronomers as a comet in Canis Minor for 26 days. [521]

1490

February 3

• Chinese record stones raining from the sky in Ch'ing-yang, Shansi, killing over 10,000 people. [521]

1492

• Christopher Columbus reports "a marvelous branch of fire" that falls into the sea as he crosses the Atlantic. [521]

November 7

• The Ensisheim Meteorite, the oldest meteorite (about 280 pounds) with a known date of impact, strikes Earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace (France). [5] [521] [526.110] (November 16 [523.19])

1511

September 4

• A great fireball appears over Crema in Lombardy, Italy, followed by huge shower of meteorites. One meteorite kills a monk, several birds, and a sheep. [523.19] (September 14 [521])

1516

May

• In Nantan, China, many meteorites fall to the ground. When recovered in 1958, they are found to be 92 percent iron, weighing 150-1500kg. [521]

1620

• In Punjab, India, reports of "hot iron" falling from the sky, burning grass. [521]

1630

May 29

• (approximate date) Reports of a "second sun" (an incoming meteor?) in Magdeburg area (Germany). [521]

1639

• In China, a stone (meteorite) falls in a market, killing dozens of people, destroying dozens of houses. [521]

1654

• In Milano, Italy, a monk is reported killed by a meteorite. [521]

1661

August 9

• In China, a meteorite smashes through the roof of a house. No one is injured. [521]

1670

November 7

• In China, a meteorite breaks the roof beam of a house. [521]

1761

• In Chamblan, France, a house is struck and burned by a meteorite. [521]

1766

July

• A 2kg stony meteorite falls near Albaneto in the Romagna area of Italy. [523.20]

1773

July 29

• A meteor is viewed in the sky at Crespi (now Crepy), France, creating a large booming noise, and shaking the earth on impact. [523.25]

1790

July 24

• A meteorite falls in Barbotan and Agen, Gascony, France, crushing a cottage, killing a farmer and some cattle. [521]

1794

• The Siena stone meteorite (type LL5) falls in Tuscany, Italy. [523.20] [526.116]
• German physicist Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni publishes a book about meteorites, speculating (correctly) that iron meteorites had come from break-up of larger masses in outer space, and are remnants of cosmic matter from formation of Solar System. [523.20] [526.115]

1795

• A 25kg stone meteorite (type L6) falls near Wold Cottage, Yorkshire, England. [523.20] [526.116]

1796

• The Bjelajaa Zerkov stone meteorite (type H6) falls in Kiev Province, Ukraine. [523.20]

1798

• The Salles stone meteorite (type H6) falls in Rhone, France. [523.20]
• The Benares stone meteorite (type LL4) falls in Uttar Pradesh, India. [523.20]

December 19

• A meteorite lands in Benares, India, striking a building. [521]

1801

October 30

• A meteorite strikes a house near Horringer-mill, Suffolk, England, burning it and a stable to the ground. [521]

1802

• English chemist Edward Charles Howard publishes analysis of several meteorites, providing first chemical link between stony and iron meteorites that had fallen at different times and in different places. [523.21]

1803

April 26

• A large shower of several thousand stony meteorites occurs near town of L'Aigle in Northern France. Physicist Jean-Baptiste Biot writes official report for French Ministry of Interior, that establishes acceptance that stones sometimes do fall to Earth. [1] [523.21] [526.117]

1810

July

• In Shahbad, India, a large meteor falls, burning five villages. [521]

1811

December 16

• New Madrid, Missouri is the epicenter of a massive earthquake 7.2-8.1 magnitude, felt as far away as New York and Florida. Likely cause is overhead explosion of comet fragments, as the comet had been observed earlier. (By May 1812, one resident of Kentucky recorded 2000 separate tremors.) [1] [53] [275.88] [521] [819.213]

1815

• The Chassigny meteorite falls in France. (It is later shown to be from Mars.) [523.106]

1821

• The Juvinas basaltic meteorite falls in France. [523.100]

1823

November 10

• A meteorite strikes a house in Wasenda, Japan. [521]

1824

• The Renazzo chondrite meteorite (type CR) falls in Italy. [523.92]

1825

January 16

• A meteorite falls in Oriang, India, killing one man and injuring one woman. [521]

1827

February 27

• In Mhow, India, a meteorite strikes a man on the arm, and breaks a tree. [521]

1835

November 13

• In Belley, Dept. de l'Ain, France, a fireball from space sets fire to a barn. [521]

1836

December 11

• In Macaé, Brazil, a falling meteorite damages several homes and kills several oxen. [521]

1841

• A falling meteorite causes a fire in Chiloe Archipel, Chile. [521]

1845

May 6

• In Ch'ang-shou, Szechwan, China, a stone meteorite damages more than 100 tombs. [521]

1846

August 14

• The Cape Girardeau meteorite, a 2.3kg chondrite-type meteorite, strikes near the town of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. [5]

1847

July 14

• In Braunau, Bohemia, a 37-pound iron meteorite smashes through the roof of a house. [521]

1850

October 17

• In Szu-mao, China, a meteorite falls through the roof of a house. [521]

1858

December 9

• In Ausson, France, a building is hit by a meteorite. [521]

1860

May 1

• In New Concord, Ohio, a colt is struck and killed by a meteorite. [521]

1864

• The Orgueil carbonaceous chondrite meteorite (type CI1) falls in France. [523.90]

1865

• The Shergotty meteorite falls in India. (It is later shown to be from Mars.) [523.106]

1868

January 30

• A shower of an estimated 100,000 stony meteorites totalling about 2 tons occurs at Pultusk, Poland. Largest known quantity of meteorites in one shower. [523.33]

(month unknown)

• The Ornans chondrite meteorite (type CO3) falls in France. [523.90]

August 8

• In Pillistfer, Estonia, a building is struck by a falling meteorite. [521]

1869

May 1

• A colt is reported killed by a meteorite near New Concord, Ohio. [1]

(month unknown)

• The Angra dos Reis stony meteorite falls in Brazil. [523.104]

1874

June 30

• In Chin-kuei Shan and Ming-tung Li, China, huge stones fall from the sky, crushing a cottage, killing one child. [521]

1876

February 16

• In Judesegeri, India, a water tank is struck by a meteorite. [521]

1877

January 3

• In Warrenton, Missouri, a meteorite falls to the ground; no damage or injuries. [521]

January 21

• In De Cewsville, Ontario, a meteorite falls to the ground; no damage or injuries. [521]

1879

January 31

• In Dun-le-Poelier, France, a farmer is reported killed by a meteorite. [521]

May 10

• Meteor falls near Estherville, Iowa, USA. [1]

November 12

• In Huan-hsiang, China, a rain of stones is reported; many houses damaged. [521]

1881

November 19

• In Grosliebenthal, Russia, a man is reported injured by a meteorite. [521]

1885

February 24

• In the North Pacific, the crew of the barque Innerwich en route from Japan to Vancouver, witnesses the sky turning fiery red, falling into the sea 50 yards away with a blast and hissing sound. Then a wave of white foam passes under the ship. [521]

November 27

• Earliest photograph of a meteor shower is made. [1]

1886

• The Novo-Urei ureilite meteorite falls in Russia. [523.103]

1887

March 19

• Crew of the Dutch barque J.P.A. in the North Atlantic witness two fireballs in the dark evening sky, one falling close to the ship with a roar, causing waves an a hot suffocating atmosphere, and then depositing solid lumps of ice on the deck. [521]

1889

• The Mighei chondrite meteorite (type CM2) falls in Ukraine. [523.90]

1890

• The Kakangari meteorite falls in India. [523.93]

1893

November 22

• In Zabrodii, Russia, a building is struck by a meteorite. [521]

1897

March 11

• In New Martinsville, West Virginia, USA, a man is reported struck by a meteorite, a horse killed, and walls pierced. [521]

1902

July 1

• A fireball is observed over Saint Petersburg, Russia, crashing on to the shore of Ladoga Lake in region of Marialachti Bay. Pallasite-type fragments are distributed over 50m radius, largest found is 22.7kg. [526.119]

November 15

• A meteorite falls to earth, landing in Sharpsburg, Kentucky, USA. The main piece weighs 181 pounds. [416.89]

1904

May 9

• A fireball is seen over Teleutskoye Lake area of Russia, visible over 455,000 km2 area, creating a ground shock and meteorite shower. [526.195]

1906

November 4

• In Diep River, South Africa, a building is struck by a falling meteorite. [521]

1907

August 20

• Crew of the steamship Cambrian, several hundred miles south of Cape Race, Newfoundland, observe a fireball rushing across the sky "like a rocket", landing in the sea about 50 yards from the boat. [521]

September 5

• In Hsin-p'ai Wei, Weng-Li, China, a meteorite fall crushes a whole family to death. [521]

December 7

• In Bellefontaine, Ohio, USA, a falling meteorite starts a fire, destroying a house. [521]

1908

June 30

• A bright fireball is seen shooting over Vanavara on the Stony Tunguska River in central Siberia, Russia, exploding 5-10km above the forest, knocking trees flat over 2150km2 area, burning an area 1000km2, sucking ash 20km into the atmosphere, incinerating many herds of reindeer and killing a few people. The explosion is heard 1000km away. The object, likely a comet or asteroid fragment, is estimated to have been 1-5 tons, 156m diameter. [1] [521] [523.183] [526.3]

1909

May 29

• In Shepard, Texas, USA a meteorite drops through a house. [521]

1910

April 27

• A giant meteor bursts over Mexico, falls in mountains, starts forest fire. [521]

(month unknown)

• A 16kg carbonaceous chondrite meteorite (type CV) falls at Vigarano in Italy. [523.91]

1911

June 16

• In Kilbourn, Wisconsin, USA a meteorite strikes a barn. [521]

June 28

• A series of loud bangs are heard over Alexandria, Egypt, as about 40 pieces of a meteorite fall totalling 40kg, one kills a dog. The meteorite is named Nakhla for the village of El Nakhla El Baharia. (70 years later it is shown to be from Mars.) [521] [523.106]

1912

• A meteorite is found at Adelie Land, 32km west of Cape Denison, Antarctica, first meteorite found on the continent. [523.55]

July 19

• In Holbrook, Arizona, USA 14,000 meteorite stones fall; no injuries reported. [521]

1914

January 9

• A meteor explosion in Western France breaks windows. [521]

November 22

• In Batavia, New York, falling meteorites damage a farm. [521]

1916

January 18

• In Baxter, Missouri, a falling meteorite strikes a building. [521]

1917

December 3

• In Strathmore, Scotland, a falling meteorite strikes a building. [521]

1918

June 30

• In Richardton, North Dakota, USA, a chondrite meteorite falls striking a building. (It is later found to have sufficient isotope xenon-129 to indicate origin in a supernova before birth of Solar System, 4560 million years ago.) [521] [523.122]

1919

• The Cumberland Falls cubrite meteorite falls in Kentucky, USA. [523.104]

1920

• An iron meteorite weighing about 60 tons is found near Groot Fontein in Namibia, the largest meteorite ever found. [523]

1921

July 15

• In Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts, USA a falling meteor starts a fire. [521]

December 21

• In Beirut, Syria, a building is hit by a falling meteorite. [521]

1922

February 2

• In Baldwyn, Mississippi, USA, a meteorite falls harmlessly to the earth. [521]

April 24

• In Barnegat, New Jersey, USA an overhead explosion of comet fragment rocks buildings, shatters windows, and releases clouds of noxious gas. [521]

May 30

• In Nagai, Japan, a meteorite falls harmlessly to the ground. [521]

(month unknown)

• A stony meteorite shower takes place at Tsarev, Russia. [526.xix]

December 6

• A rain of stony meteorites occurs in Tsarev, Russia, dispersed over 65km2, estimated 1300kg site, 80 recovered meteorites, ranging 50 grams to 284kg. [526.156]

1924

• The Johnstown achondrite diogenite meteorite falls in Colorado, USA. [523.103]

July 6

• In Johnstown, Colorado, USA, a meteorite falls harmlessly to the ground. [521]

1929

December 8

• In Zvezvan, Yugoslavia, a falling meteorite kills one person in a bridal party. [521]

1930

August 13

• In Brazil, the "Rio Curaca event", a bolide explosion in mid-air, producing fire and "depopulation". Prior to explosion was "an ear-piercing whistling sound", the sun appeared to be "blood-red", and a fall of fine ash which covered the surrounding vegetation with a blanket of white. [521]

September 13

• A fireball plunges into the sea near Eureka, California. [521]

November

• Over 40kg of chondrite meteorites (type CK) fall at Karoonda in Southern Australia. [523.91]

1931

July 10

• In Malinta, Ohio, USA an overhead cometary fragment explosion occurs, producing a crater, a smell of sulfur, windows broken in a farmhouse, and four telephone poles snapped. [521]

September 8

• In Hagerstown, Maryland, USA a meteorite crashes through a roof. [521]

1932

August 4

• In Sao Christovao, Brazil, a meteorite fall destroys a warehouse roof. [521]

August 10

• In Archie, Missouri, USA a falling meteoroid strikes a homestead; no injuries. [521]

1933

February 24

• In Stratford, Texas, a bright fireball is seen in the sky, falling as a 4-pound metallic meteorite. [521]

August 8

• In Sioux County, Nebraska, USA a meteorite falls harmlessly to the ground. [521]

1934

February 16

• Over Texas, USA, a pilot swerves to avoid crashing with a fireball. [521]

February 18

• In Seville, Spain, a house is struck by a falling meteorite and burns. [521]

(month unknown)

• The Rumuruti meteorite falls in Kenya. [523.93]

September 28

• Over California, USA, a pilot escapes a fireball shower. [521]

1935

August 11

• In Briggsdale, Colorado, USA a meteorite falls harmlessly to the ground. [521]

December 11

• In British Guyana, close to Marudi Mountain, a large meteoroid or small asteroid likely explodes in mid-air, creating an elongated area over 32km long of destroyed forest. [521]

1936

March 14

• In Red Bank, New Jersey, USA, a meteorite crashes through a shed roof. [521]

April 2

• In Yurtuk, USSR, a building is struck by a falling meteorite. [521]

October 19

• In Newfoundland, a fisherman's boat is set on fire by a meteorite strike. [521]

1938

March 31

• In Kasamatsu, Japan, a meteorite pierces the roof of a ship. [521]

June 16

• In Pantar, Phillipines, several buildings are struck by falling meteorites. [521]

June 24

• In Chicora, Pennsylvania, USA, a cow is struck and injured by a 450-ton falling meteorite. [5] [521]

(month unknown)

• The Ivuna carbonaceous chondrite meteorite (type CI1) falls in Tanzania. [523.90]

September 29

• In Benld, Illinois, a garage and car are struck by a 4-pound meteorite. [521]

1941

July 10

• In Black Moshannon Park, Pennsylvania, USA, a meteorite falls to the ground without causing harm or damage. [521]

1942

April 6

• In Pollen, Norway, a meteorite falls to the ground without causing harm or damage. [521]

(month unknown)

• The Kapoeta meteorite falls in Sudan. [523.103]

1943

June 20

• New Québec (Chubb) Crater (3.5 km diameter) discovered in northern Québec, Canada. [1]

1946

May 16

• In Santa Ana, Nuevo Leon, a meteorite destroys many houses, injuring 28 people. [521]

November 30

• In Colford, Gloucestershire, UK, a meteorite fall knocks out telephones service, and knocks a boy off his bicycle. [521]

1947

February 12

• In Sikhote Alin, Vladivostok, Russia, an iron meteor of estimated weight 70-300 tons breaks up about 4.5km above the earth and rains iron meteorites, producing about 200 craters up to 26.6m in diameter and 6m deep, over an area 12km by 4km. A total of 8000 iron meteorites weighing 28-29 tons are recovered. The meteor is projected to ave originated in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. [1] [521] [523.33] [526.xix,58]

1949

September 21

• In Beddgelert, Wales, a meteorite strikes a building. [521]

November 20

• In Kochi, Japan, a hot meteoritic stone enters a house through a window. [521]

1950

May 23

• In Madhipura, India, a building is struck by a falling meteorite. [521]

September 20

• In Murray, Kentucky, USA, several buildings are struck by falling meteorites. [521]

December 10

• In Saint Louis, Missouri, USA a falling meteorite strikes a car. [521]

1953

March 3

• In Pecklesheim, Federal Republic of Germany, a meteorite falls harmlessly to the ground. [521]

(month unknown)

• The Abee enstatife meteorite falls in Canada. [523.92]

1954

January 7

• In Dieppe, France, a meteorite explodes, smashing windows of a building. [521]

November 28

• In Sylacauga, Alabama, USA a woman is struck by a 4kg meteorite that crashed through the roof of a house. [521]

November 30

• First meteorite (8 pounds) known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges in Sylacauga, Alabama, USA). [1]

1955

January 17

• In Kirkland, Washington, USA two iron meteorites break through an amateur astronomer's observatory dome; one sets a fire. [521]

November 3

• Alabama woman bruised by a meteor. [1]

1956

February 29

• In Centerville, South Dakota, USA a building is hit by a falling meteorite. [521]

1959

April 17

• A bright fireball is photographed by a synchronized network of cameras over Czechoslovakia, breaking up into about 19 pieces, with four recovered near Pribram. The photos allow determination of the asteroid belt as place of origin. [523]

October 13

• In Hamlet, Indiana, USA a building is hit by a falling meteorite. [521]

1960

• The Millbillillie achondrite meteorite falls in Western Australia. [523.87]
• A meteor shower occurs over Bruderheim, Alberta, Canada. 700 stony meteorites totally 300 kg are recovered. [561.10]

1961

February 23

• In Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia a loading dock is struck by a falling meteorite. [521]

September 6

• In Bells, Texas, USA a meteorite strikes the roof of a house. [521]

1962

April 26

• In Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany, a building is hit by a falling meteorite. [521]

(month unknown)

• The Zagam meteorite falls in Nigeria. (It is later shown to be from Mars.) [523.106]

1965

December 24

• In Barwell, England, two buildings are struck and a car is struck by falling meteorites. [521]

1966

• The 11.5-ton Mundrabilla meteorite is found in Nullarbor Plain in Australia. [523.58]
• Fragments of the Coorara stony meteorite are picked up from Western Australian Nullarbor Plain. (They are found to have originated at the same age as the Solar System, about 4,555 million years ago.) [523.140]

August 10

• Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again. [1]

November 17

• Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour). [1]

1967

July 11

• In Denver, Colorado, USA a building is struck by a falling meteorite. [521]

1968

April 12

• In Schenectady, New York, USA a house is hit by a falling meteorite. [521]

1969

February 8

• Over 2 tons of stony carbonaceous meteorites (type CV3) fall near Pueblito de Allende in Mexico. (The mixture of oxygen isotopes indicate an origin from beyond the Solar System.) [523.91,123]

April 25

• A fireball is photographed over Bangor in northern Wales, which falls in two pieces (one 4.95kg) 60km apart near Sprucefield and Bovedy, Northern Ireland. [521] [523.26]

August 7

• In Andreevka, USSR a building is hit by a falling meteorite. [521]

September 16

• In Suchy Dul, Czechoslovakia a building is hit by a falling meteorite. [521]

September 28

• In Murchison, Victoria, Australia, 1/2 ton fragments of a carbonaceous chondrite meteorites (type CM2) fall. [521] [523.90,123]

December

• Japanese geologists find nine fragments of meteorites near the Yamato Mountains in the Antarctic. [523.55]

1970

January 3

• The Prairie Network of cameras on parairie states of the USA records the fall of a stony meteorite, with four fragments totalling 17kg recovered near Lost City in Oklahoma, Nebraska. [523.46]

1971

April 8

• In Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA a house is struck by a falling meteorite. [521]

August 2

• In Havero, Finland, a building is hit by a falling meteorite. [521]

1972

August 10

• An asteroid 2-10m in diameter enters Earth's atmosphere over Utah, USA, and exits 100 seconds later over Alberta, Canada. [521]

1973

March 15

• In San Juan Capistrano, California, USA a building is hit by a falling meteorite. [521]

(month unknown)

• Japanese geologists find another 12 fragments of meteorites near the Yamato Mountains in the Antarctic. [523.55]

October 27

• In Canon City, Colorado, USA a building is hit by a falling meteorite. [521]

1974

• Japanese geologists find another 663 fragments of meteorites near the Yamato Mountains in the Antarctic. [523.55]
• The 4.45kg Mayo Belwa achondrite meteorite falls in Nigeria. [523.104]

August 18

• In Naragh, Iran, a building is hit by a falling meteorite. [521]

1976

March 8

• 1,774kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China. [1] [523.35]

1977

January 31

• In Louisville, Kentucky, USA three buildings and a car are struck by a falling meteorite. [521]

February 5

• The Canadian Meteorite Observation and Recovery Programme photos stony meteorites landing at Innisfree, Alberta, weighing 4.58kg. [523.46]

1979

June 7

• In Cilimus, Indonesia, a meteorite falls in a garden. [521]

1981

June 13

• In Salem, Oregon, USA a building is hit by a falling meteorite. [521]

1982

November 8

• In Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA a falling meteorite pierces the roof of a house. [521]

1984

June 15

• In Nantong, People's Republic of China, a meteorite falls harmlessly to the ground. [521]

June 30

• In Aomori, Japan, a building is struck by a falling meteorite. [521]

(month unknown)

• The Gujba meteorite falls in Nigeria. [523.91]

August 22

• In Tomiya, Japan, two buildings are hit by falling meteorites. [521]

September 30

• A brillian fireball is seen crossing the sky over Toodyay and Pinjarrua on coast of Western Australia, with two loud bangs heard over Perth. A black stone meteorite the size of a large potato falls into the sand by a couple on the beach at Binningup. [521] [523.26]

December 5

• In Cuneo, Italy, a bright daytime fireball is reported, resulting in a strong explosion, breaking windows. [521]

December 10

• In Claxton, Georgia, USA a mailbox is destroyed by a meteorite fall. [521]

1985

January 6

• In La Criolla, Argentina, a farmhouse roof is pierced, door smashed, by 9.5kg meteorite stone. [521]

June 26

• In Hartford, Connecticut, USA a 1,500-pound slab of ice, six feet long and eight inches thick, falls from the sky flattening a picket fence, shaking the ground with the impact. [521]

1986

July 29

• In Kokubunji, Japan, several buildings are hit by falling meteorites. [521]

1988

March 1

• In Trebbin, German Democratic Republic, a greenhouse is struck by a meteorite. [521]

April 15

• Meteorite explodes above Indonesia. [1]

May 18

• In Torino, Italy a building is struck by a falling meteorite. [521]

(month unknown)

• In the Thorsberg quarry near Österplana in southern Sweden, a fossil meteorite is found entombed in limestone. (It is later dated to have fallen to Earth 465-485 million years ago.) [523.139]

1989

June 12

• In Opotiki, New Zealand a building is hit by a falling meteorite. [521]

August 15

• In Sixiangkou, People's Republic of China, a building is hit by a falling meteorite. [521]

1990

April 7

• In Enschede, Netherlands, a house is hit by believed fragment of comet Midas. [521]

July 2

• In Masvingo, Zimbabwe, a meteorite falls harmlessly to the ground. [521]

1991

August 31

• In Noblesville, Indiana, USA a meteorite falls harmlessly to the ground. [521]

1992

August 14

• In Mbale, Uganda, forty-eight meteorite stones fall, 108kg total weight, damaging roofs, striking a boy on the head. [521] [523.28]

October 9

• A 13-kilogram (29-pound) meteorite lands in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York, destroying the family's 1980 Chevrolet Malibu (pierces trunk and floor). [5] [33] [521]

1994

January 18

• In Cando, Spain, a minute-long fireball and explosion over a hillside gouges out 200 cubic metres of terrain. [30] [521]

February 1

• Large meteorite falls near Kusaie, Pacific Ocean. [1]

October 20

• In Coleman, Michigan, USA a meteorite penetrates the roof of a house. [521]

1995

May 1

• A fireball is seen in the sky over Australia. [523.35]

1996

August

• NASA announces discovery of tentative evidence of traces of fossilized bacteria in the Allan Hills 84001 Martian meteorite from Antarctica. The meteorite landed on Earth about 13,000 years ago, so the bacteria may be Earthly contamination. [523.140]

November 26

• Near San Luis, Santa Barbara, Honduras, a meteorite slams into a sparsely populated area, leaving a 165-foot-wide crater. [521]

1997

April 11

• In Chambrey, France, a meteorite penetrates the roof of a car and starts a fire. [521]

1998

June 13

• In Portales, New Mexico, USA a meteorite penetrates a barn roof. [521]

July 12

• In Kitchener, Ontario, Canada a meteorite falls harmlessly to the ground. [521]