American Meteor Society
Videos of a large fireball (actually a bolide), that exploded over Bucharest, Romania, early Wednesday show night turning to day. The event took place at 3:05 Local Time on January 7th.
Witnesses reported that the meteor produced a bright greenish light and was accompanied by loud booms. There were no reports of damage or injuries. This fireball could have been part of the Quadrantids meteor shower as meteors from this shower often produce bright fireballs.
If you saw this fireball, please report it here.
Below are some videos of the event:
This fireball exploded over Vrancea zone in Romania in January 7, 2015 local time 3: 5: 59 (01:05:59 UT). The energy released by the explosion was considerably high. Witnesses near the epicenter, say the light produced by the explosion exceeded many times that of the sun on a clear day. The stress wave created, shook houses even opening doors and windows. The impression was that an earthquake occurs. The shock was recorded by the entire national seismic network like an earthquake http://www.infp.ro/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/meteorit_3.jpg . Infrasound, too http://www.infp.ro/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/meteorit_5.jpg . The bolide speed appears to have been very high, approximately 45km / s. Explosion occurred at an altitude approximately 40km.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LtNv-PuDw4 (160km away) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1gzpkrFN9Y (150km away) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mafl39qPGw4 (40km from the explosion site) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP_wJhadK_k register from Serbia (over 500km away) Due to high speed and extremely powerful explosion do you think there’s a chance to be meteorites that could be discovered in the area of impact?