Two meteor airbursts one major. Update: Asteroids flying past Earth 20240619

2024, June 18. North Pacific Ocean. Major Airburst. Time: 13:51. Coordinates: (44.3, 173). Largest Airburst this year so far. e = 49.1, -e = 1.2 or 1,200,000 kg/TNT. Altitude: 44.3 km. Velocity: 35.4 km/s. Because of its energy a marine animal disturbance watch should be taken for the next month. This includes birds, especially migratory birds that could show navigational distress (concussion-type symptoms) many thousands of kilometres from the airburst event. Locations include Japan, Aleutian Islands, Kamchatka Peninsula, Rat Islands, Near Islands and Andreanof Islands. 

2024, June 18. North Atlantic Ocean. Airburst. Time: 21:01. Coordinates: (32.2, -31.8). 780 km S.W of Azores. e= 2.2, -e = 0.079 or 79,000 kg/TNT. Altitude: 28.7 km. Velocity: 16.2 km/s. Even though this is a small airburst a watch for whale strandings in the Azores should be taken. 

Information obtained from Google Maps and Fireballs (nasa.gov)

Note: Asteroids are flying by Earth. One large group travelling past today. It will be interesting after yesterday's airbursts whether anything else will come in over the next week.

Asteroid alert! Several plane-sized objects hurtling towards Earth this week - Science News (wionews.com)