Moscow: A meteor shower has rained down on central Russia, sowing panic as hurtling space debris exploded in the air, blew out windows and injured several people.

"A meteorite disintegrated above the Urals, partially burning up in the lower atmosphere," the local office of the national emergencies ministry said in a statement.

"Fragments of the meteorite reached Earth, falling in sparsely populated areas in the Chelyabinsk region," it said.

"According to preliminary information, four people have been injured by flying glass."
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The statement said "numerous calls of panic" had been received.

Reuters reported that a powerful blast had rocked the Urals region with bright objects falling from the sky.

Passing through the satellite field is scarier, the moon is actually pretty far away comparatively.