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Impact Diameter (meters)

Yield (Megatons)

Interval (Years) Consequences
<50 <10 <1 Meteors in upper atmosphere, most don't reach surface
75 10-100 1000 Irons make crater like Meteor crater; stones produce air bursts like Tunguska; land impacts destroy area size of city
160 100-1000 5,000 Iron, stones hit the ground, comets produce airbursts, land impacts destroy area size of   large urban area (New York, Tokyo)
350 1000-10,000 15,000 Land impacts destroy area small state; ocean impact produces mild tsunamis
700 10,000 - 100,000 63,000 Land impacts destroy area size of moderate state (Virginia) ocean impact makes big Tsunamis
1700 100,000 - 1,000,000 250,000 Land Impact raises dust with global implication; destroys area size of large state or country (California, France)

from 'The Impact Hazard', by Morrison, Chapman and Slovic, published in Hazards due to Comets and Asteroids