The Chelyabinsk meteor was a superbolide that entered Arriving Earth 's atmosphere over Russia on 15 February 2013 at about 09:20 YEKT ( 03:20 UTC ) .

It quickly became Becoming a brilliant superbolide meteor over the southern Ural region .

The light from the meteor was brighter than the Sun , visible up to away .

All of the injuries Bodily_harm were due to indirect effects Influence rather than the meteor itself , mainly from broken Destroying glass from windows that were blown Motion in when the shock wave arrived Arriving , minutes after the superbolide 's flash Lighting .

The Chelyabinsk meteor is also the only meteor confirmed Check to have resulted in Causation a large number of injuries Bodily_harm .

The Chelyabinsk meteor is also the only meteor confirmed Check to have resulted in Causation a large number of injuries Bodily_harm .