This shot of the meteor was taken from a plane.
A suspected low-flying meteor has lit up the sky in northwestern China s Yushu City on December 23. Video from the event in the city in China’s Qinghai Province showed a bright fireball streaking across and lighting the dark sky.
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The fireball was seen in the skies in China before falling to the ground. According to reports, the fireball was probably a bolide and it might have dropped several meteorite fragments somewhere in the area. A bolide is a very bright meteor.
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XI AN, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) Local authorities said a roof collapse at a coal mine in northwest China s Shaanxi Province was the cause of a 2.6-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday morning.
According to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the quake jolted the Yuyang District of Yulin City at 7:55 a.m., with the epicenter at 38.5 degrees north latitude and 109.78 degrees east longitude.
The district government said the roof collapse at the Jinjitan Coal Mine was not an accident, but part of a normal mine operation, and that no casualties have been reported.
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