Utah Meteor - How Energetic?

[Alka_Seltzer]

There are some short videos here of the recent utah meteor. My question is, roughly how much energy was have been released by this collision? I know there are a few kiloton class impacts every year, was this one of them?

[Duckster]

Although the fireball appeared during the Leonid meteor shower, it was not a Leonid. Infrasound recordings of the blast suggest a small asteroid hitting Earth’s atmosphere and exploding with an energy of 0.5 to 1 kiloton of TNT. Experts liken the event to the Park Forest fireball of 2003, which scattered dozens of meteorites across a suburb of Chicago. Meteorites are likely from this fireball as well. Stay tuned for developing information about the possible fall zone.

Source: http://spaceweather.com/

[Bumbazine]

Damn! Missed!

Did anything make it to the ground?

[Chronos]

From what I’ve heard, it’s believed to have hit the ground not far from here, but in a relatively inaccessible area where it’s not likely to be found.

[pepperlandgirl]

I don’t have your answer, but thanks for posting! I was up when that happened and, quite frankly, it scared the hell out of me. But I couldn’t see the meteor, just the whole city lighting up.