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Tunguska epicentre (Kulik's "Southern Swamp" area)

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The epicentre as fixed from the radial pattern of fallen trees (60.886° N, 101.894° E), as Carbognani and colleagues give it from the literature. It is the point beneath the burst, not a crater; the flattened forest covers about 2,150 km² around it.

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Tunguska epicentre (Kulik's "Southern Swamp" area) [Place PLC0D4EC4DJ2V7J]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0D4EC4DJ2V7J
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