The meteorite exploded in the capital Nicaragua?

A big explosion in Nicaragua's capital Managua on September 7 left a 12m-wide hole. Scientists say this could be a meteorite explosion.

Wilfried Strauch, a scientist at the Nicaragua Earth Research Institute (Ineter), said the explosion occurred around 23:00 on September 6 local time, 12:00 pm 7/9 Vietnam time, near the capital airport. and an air base.

The explosion did not hurt anyone but left on the ground a 12m-diameter crater.

Images provided by the Nicaragua Army show a crater formed after the explosion on September 6 near the capital airport and an air base - (Photo: Reuters)

Strauch said Nicaragua is asking the US to send experts to help investigate the explosion. Another Ineter scientist also said all the evidence they had confirmed this was exactly a meteorite fall.

According to the scientist, they recorded seismic signals that coincided with the time of the impact, and there was a conical hole created at the location of the impact - believed to be the signature of The meteor crash.

Nicaragua scientists say they cannot identify meteorite components, and they are unsure whether it broke when they touched the ground or were buried.

According to Reuters, Nicaragua has more than 20 volcanoes and is frequently shaken by an earthquake, so when a big explosion occurred on the night of September 6, many local people thought it was an earthquake.

Information about the meteorite explosion in Nicaragua was launched shortly after the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) said a meteorite the size of a house would fly over Earth at a distance of "very close". in the early morning of September 8 (Vietnam time).

Scientists assure that this meteorite will not collide with our planet.