Meteor Causes Panic in Russia

The meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk, February 15, 2013. Photo provided by Chelyabinsk.ru.

Soccer fans cheer the German national soccer team during celebrations to mark the team's 2014 Brazil World Cup victory, at the Fan Mile public viewing zone, in Berlin, July 15, 2014.

Debris is shown in the Chelyabinsk region, February 15, 2013. Photo provided by Chelyabinsk.ru.

The meteorite contrail is seen over the village of Bolshoe Sidelnikovo, February 15, 2013.

The meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk, February 15, 2013. Photo provided by Chelyabinsk.ru.

People stand near a six-meter hole in the ice of a frozen lake, the site of a meteor fall, outside the town of Chebakul in the Chelyabinsk region. Photo: Chelyabinsk Region Police Department

Trees in Russia were burned down by the Tunguska meteoroid event in 1908, which was caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet fragment at an altitude of 5-10 kilometers above the Earth's surface.

A minivan passes a zinc factory building with about 600 square meters of its roof collapsed in Chelyabinsk, a result of the shockwave from the meteor.

A woman cleans away glass debris from a window after the meteorite explosion, February 15, 2013.