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List of Impacts

This is a list of every known impact with the Earth that has cause significant damage. Most of these have been identified from impact craters, however, some of the most recent and the smallest collisions have been witnessed by humans. The Tunguska and Brazil events were both air blasts and did not produce a crater on the Earth's surface. The radii given for these events correspond to the damage to forests.

Because even large impact craters are difficult to identify this list is unlikely to be complete. The crater information comes from the Canadian Geological Survey. Uncertainties in the age of craters arise due to errors in the dating techniques used and are shown as + or - the number of years.

 
Name Location Age Size
Acraman South Australia, Australia >450.0 Myr 90.0 km
Ames Oklahoma, U.S.A. 470.0 +/- 30 Myr 16.0 km
Amguid Algeria <100 kyr 450 m
Aorounga Chad <345.0 Myr 12.6 km
Aouelloul Mauritania 3.1 +/- 0.3 Myr 390 m
Araguainha Dome Brazil 247.0 +/- 5.5 Myr 40.0 km
Avak Alaska, U.S.A. >95.0 Myr 12.0 km
Azuara Spain ~40.0 Myr 30.0 km
B.P. Structure Libya <120.0 Myr 3.2 km
Barringer Arizona, U.S.A. 49 +/- 0.003 kyr 1.186 km
Beaverhead Montana, U.S.A. ~600.0 Myr 60.0 km
Beyenchime-Salaatin Russia <65.0 Myr 8.0 km
Bigach Kazakhstan 6.0 +/- 3 Myr 7.0 km
Boltysh Ukraine 88.0 +/- 3 Myr 24.0 km
Bosumtwi Ghana 1.03 +/- 0.02 Myr 10.5 km
Boxhole Northern Territory, Australia 30 +/- 0.0005 kyr 170 m
Brazil* Brazil 1930 AD 20.0 km
Brent Ontario, Canada 450.0 +/- 30 Myr 3.8 km
Calvin Michigan, USA 450.0 +/- 10 Myr 8.5 km
Campo Del Cielo Argentina 4 +/- 0.004 kyr 50 m
Carswell Saskatchewan, Canada 115.0 +/- 10 Myr 39.0 km
Charlevoix Quebec, Canada 357.0 +/- 15 Myr 54.0 km
Chesapeake Bay Virginia, U.S.A. 35.5 +/- 0.6 Myr 85.0 km
Chicxulub Yucatan, Mexico 64.98 +/- 0.05 Myr 170.0 km
Chiyli Kazakhstan 46.0 +/- 7 Myr 5.5 km
Chukcha Russia <70.0 Myr 6.0 km
Clearwater East Quebec, Canada 290.0 +/- 20 Myr 26.0 km
Clearwater West Quebec, Canada 290.0 +/- 20 Myr 36.0 km
Connolly Basin Western Australia, Australia <60.0 Myr 9.0 km
Couture Quebec, Canada 430.0 +/- 25 Myr 8.0 km
Crooked Creek Missouri, U.S.A. 320.0 +/- 80 Myr 7.0 km
Dalgaranga Western Australia, Australia 27 kyr 21 m
Decaturville Missouri, U.S.A. <300.0 Myr 6.0 km
Deep Bay Saskatchewan, Canada 100.0 +/- 50 Myr 13.0 km
Dellen Sweden 89.0 +/- 2.7 Myr 19.0 km
Des Plaines Illinois, U.S.A. <280.0 Myr 8.0 km
Dobele Latvia 300.0 +/- 35 Myr 4.5 km
Eagle Butte Alberta, Canada <65.0 Myr 10.0 km
Elbow Saskatchewan, Canada 395.0 +/- 25 Myr 8.0 km
El'gygytgyn Russia 3.5 +/- 0.5 Myr 18.0 km
Flynn Creek Tennessee, U.S.A. 360.0 +/- 20 Myr 3.55 km
Gardnos Norway 500.0 +/- 10 Myr 5.0 km
Glasford Illinois, U.S.A. <430.0 Myr 4.0 km
Glover Bluff Wisconsin, U.S.A. <500.0 Myr 8.0 km
Goat Paddock Western Australia, Australia <50.0 Myr 5.1 km
Gosses Bluff Northern Territory, Australia 142.5 +/- 0.8 Myr 22.0 km
Gow Saskatchewan, Canada <250.0 Myr 5.0 km
Goyder Northern Territory, Australia >136.0 Myr 3.0 km
Granby Sweden 470.0 Myr 3.0 km
Gusev Russia 49.0 +/- 0.2 Myr 3.5 km
Gweni-Fada Chad <345.0 Myr 14.0 km
Haughton Northwest Territories, Canada 23.0 +/- 1 Myr 24.0 km
Haviland Kansas, U.S.A. <1 kyr 15 m
Henbury Northern Territory, Australia <5 kyr 157 m
Holleford Ontario, Canada 550.0 +/- 100 Myr 2.35 km
Ile Rouleau Quebec, Canada <300.0 Myr 4.0 km
Ilumetsa Estonia >2 kyr 80 m
Ilyinets Ukraine 395.0 +/- 5 Myr 4.5 km
Iso-Naakkima Finland >1 Ga 3.0 km
Jänisjärvi Russia 698.0 +/- 22 Myr 14.0 km
Kärdla Estonia 455.0 Myr 4.0 km
Kaalijärvi Estonia 4 +/- 0.001 kyr 110 m
Kalkkop South Africa <1.8 Myr 640 m
Kaluga Russia 380.0 +/- 10 Myr 15.0 km
Kamensk Russia 49.0 +/- 0.2 Myr 25.0 km
Kara Russia 73.0 +/- 3 Myr 65.0 km
Kara-Kul Tajikistan <5.0 Myr 52.0 km
Karikkoselkä Finland <1.88 Myr 1.5 km
Karla Russia <10.0 Myr 12.0 km
Kelly West Northern Territory, Australia >550.0 Myr 10.0 km
Kentland Indiana, U.S.A. <97.0 Myr 13.0 km
Kursk Russia 250.0 +/- 80 Myr 5.5 km
La Moinerie Quebec, Canada 400.0 +/- 50 Myr 8.0 km
Lappajärvi Finland 77.3 +/- 0.4 Myr 23.0 km
Lawn Hill Queensland, Australia >515.0 Myr 18.0 km
Liverpool Northern Territory, Australia 150.0 +/- 70 Myr 1.6 km
Lockne Sweden >455.0 Myr 7.5 km
Logancha Russia 25.0 +/- 20 Myr 20.0 km
Logoisk Belarus 40.0 +/- 5 Myr 17.0 km
Lonar India 52 +/- 0.006 kyr 1.83 km
Lumparn Finland ~1 Ga 9.0 km
Macha Russia <7 kyr 300 m
Manicouagan Quebec, Canada 214.0 +/- 1 Myr 100.0 km
Manson Iowa, U.S.A. 73.8 +/- 0.3 Myr 35.0 km
Maple Creek Saskatchewan, Canada 75.0 +/- 75 Myr 6.0 km
Marquez Texas, U.S.A. 58.0 +/- 2 Myr 13.0 km
Middlesboro Kentucky, U.S.A. <300.0 Myr 6.0 km
Mien Sweden 121.0 +/- 2.3 Myr 9.0 km
Mishina Gora Russia <360.0 Myr 4.0 km
Mistastin Newfoundland, Canada 36.4 +/- 4 Myr 28.0 km
Mizarai Lithuania 570.0 +/- 50 Myr 5.0 km
Mjølnir Norway 143.0 +/- 20 Myr 40.0 km
Montagnais Nova Scotia, Canada 50.5 +/- 0.76 Myr 45.0 km
Monturaqui Chile <1.0 Myr 460 m
Morasko Poland 10 kyr 100 m
Morokweng South Africa 145.0 +/- 0.8 Myr 70.0 km
Mount Toondina South Australia, Australia <110.0 Myr 4.0 km
New Quebec Quebec, Canada 1.4 +/- 0.1 Myr 3.44 km
Newporte North Dakota, U.S.A. <500.0 Myr 3.2 km
Nicholson Northwest Territories, Canada <400.0 Myr 12.5 km
Oasis Libya <120.0 Myr 18.0 km
Obolon' Ukraine 215.0 +/- 25 Myr 15.0 km
Odessa Texas, U.S.A. <50 kyr 168 m
Ouarkziz Algeria <70.0 Myr 3.5 km
Piccaninny Western Australia, Australia <360.0 Myr 7.0 km
Pilot Northwest Territories, Canada 445.0 +/- 2 Myr 6.0 km
Popigai Russia 35.0 +/- 5 Myr 100.0 km
Presqu'&icrc;le Quebec, Canada <500.0 Myr 24.0 km
Pretoria Saltpan South Africa 220 +/- 0.052 kyr 1.13 km
Puchezh-Katunki Russia 175.0 +/- 3 Myr 80.0 km
Ragozinka Russia 55.0 +/- 5 Myr 9.0 km
Red Wing North Dakota, U.S.A. 200.0 +/- 25 Myr 9.0 km
Riachao Ring Brazil <200.0 Myr 4.5 km
Ries Germany 15.0 +/- 1 Myr 24.0 km
Rio Cuarto Argentina <100 kyr 4.5 km
Rochechouart France 214.0 +/- 8 Myr 23.0 km
Roter Kamm Namibia 3.7 +/- 0.3 Myr 2.5 km
Rotmistrovka Ukraine 140.0 +/- 20 Myr 2.7 km
Sääksjärvi Finland ~560.0 Myr 6.0 km
Söderfjärden Finland ~600.0 Myr 5.5 km
Saint Martin Manitoba, Canada 220.0 +/- 32 Myr 40.0 km
Serpent Mound Ohio, U.S.A. <320.0 Myr 8.0 km
Serra da Cangalha Brazil <300.0 Myr 12.0 km
Shoemaker Western Australia, Australia 1.63 +/- 5 Ga 30.0 km
Shunak Kazakhstan 12.0 +/- 5 Myr 3.1 km
Sierra Madera Texas, U.S.A. <100.0 Myr 13.0 km
Sikhote Alin Russia 1947 AD 27 m
Siljan Sweden 368.0 +/- 1.1 Myr 52.0 km
Slate Islands Ontario, Canada ~450.0 Myr 30.0 km
Sobolev Russia <1 kyr 53 m
Spider Western Australia, Australia >570.0 Myr 13.0 km
Steen River Alberta, Canada 95.0 +/- 7 Myr 25.0 km
Steinheim Germany 15.0 +/- 1 Myr 3.8 km
Strangways Northern Territory, Australia <470.0 Myr 25.0 km
Suavjarvi Russia 2.4 Ga 16.0 km
Sudbury Ontario, Canada 1.85 +/- 3 Ga 250.0 km
Suvasvesi N Finland <1 Ga 4.0 km
Tabun-Khara-Obo Mongolia >1.8 Myr 1.3 km
Talemzane Algeria <3.0 Myr 1.75 km
Tenoumer Mauritania 2.5 +/- 0.5 Myr 1.9 km
Ternovka Ukraine 350.0 Myr 15.0 km
Tin Bider Algeria <70.0 Myr 6.0 km
Tookoonooka Queensland, Australia 128.0 +/- 5 Myr 55.0 km
Tunguska* Siberia, Russia 1908 AD 25.0 km
Tvären Sweden >455.0 Myr 2.0 km
Upheaval Dome Utah, U.S.A. <65.0 Myr 10.0 km
Ust-Kara Russia 73.0 +/- 3 Myr 25.0 km
Vargeao Dome Brazil <70.0 Myr 12.0 km
Veevers Western Australia, Australia <1.0 Myr 80 m
Vepriai Lithuania 160.0 +/- 30 Myr 8.0 km
Viewfield Saskatchewan, Canada 190.0 +/- 20 Myr 2.5 km
Vredefort South Africa 2.023 +/- 4 Ga 300.0 km
Wabar Saudi Arabia 6 +/- 0.002 kyr 116 m
Wanapitei Ontario, Canada 35.3 +/- 2 Myr 7.5 km
Wells Creek Tennessee, U.S.A. 200.0 +/- 100 Myr 12.0 km
West Hawk Manitoba, Canada 100.0 +/- 50 Myr 2.44 km
Wolfe Creek Western Australia, Australia <300 kyr 875 m
Zapadnaya Ukraine 115.0 +/- 10 Myr 4.0 km
Zeleny Gai Ukraine 120.0 +/- 20 Myr 2.5 km
Zhamanshin Kazakhstan 900 +/- 0.1 kyr 13.5 km
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