EVER wondered what would happen if an asteroid crashed into your local area? An expert has made a chilling simulator to see just how serious such an event would be in any part of the world. Simulator shows just how bad an asteroid impact could be You can select from type of asteroid, size and even speed to get an estimation of what might happen. This includes how many would die as a result. Aiming a 1km-wide stone asteroid travelling at 58miles per hour with an impact angle of 45 degrees towards London would have devastating consequences, the site suggests. It would leave a humongous 26km-wide crater decimating the capital. An estimated 4,056,089 people would be vaporized in the crater. But even more would die from the 56km-wide fireball that comes with such an impact. The simulator suggests more than 24million would perish as a result of the fireball alone. And an estimated 6,468,423 people would die from the shock wave too. If that weren’t enough, the wind blast from it would cause an estimated 12.7million deaths, stretching into parts of France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. It would also cause an 8.3 magnitude earthquake. Of course, you could try something much smaller. Most small…
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Deadly asteroid simulator reveals just how devastating a massive space rock crashing into your area could be