Civil Protection investigates alleged meteorite fall in BCS
A report alerted authorities in La Paz, Baja California, that a meteorite had fallen near Chametla and the Centennial citizen
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on May 18, 2013•08: 06 pm • updated at 21:42
Christian Rea Tizcareno.
City of Mexico.- No has been able to confirmed the alleged fall of a meteorite in La Paz, Baja California Sur, said Alfonso Gómez de la Peña, Deputy Director of Civil protection and firemen municipal.
In an interview for Terra, the local official confirmed that this evening was a seismic event in the area and a dependence on received the phone call from a person who said to witness the fall of a celestial object.
He said that Civil protection, as well as Municipal and State, police immediately went to the area where allegedly felt the explosion and a thrill of land, close to the towns of Chametla and El Centenario.
Ten minutes after the report citizen, became drives local and state the place where supposedly the meteorite, fell "but so far we have not been able to locate another person saying: 'Yes, I saw the object'." It is only the version of a person".
Pena Gomez's not confirmed but nor ruled out the collapse of the ORB on Earth, as research continues in La Paz.
"Here locally, we hear the shudder of a door, two or three seconds, but we don't hear no noise or feel the earth moving, but it was everything that we know to us", said public server.
But he argued that the fall of a meteorite is almost always accompanied by a fire in the surrounding area; However, could not locate neither fire nor dust clouds, to confirm the impact of the astro.
He said that authorities are seeking to identify also whether the phenomenon corresponds to an event of earthquake, as the municipality is located in a seismic zone, so you are in contact with the center of scientific research and education Superior de Ensenada, Baja California (CICESE).
The national seismological service nor the United States Geological Service reported seismic activity in the area at the time that the phenomenon occurred.
