
| 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