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Hailin impact crater: China's newly discovered meteor pit born from a 'nuclear explosion level' event

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The Hailin impact crater is a giant gouge in a Chinese hillside that was left by a meteor .

The crater is the fourth confirmed impact crater in China and the first example in the world of an impact crater located on a mountain ridge.

It's unclear exactly when the meteor struck, but scientists say the event probably occurred sometime in the past 20 million years .