Would we survive a major asteroid hit?

Answer 1

An asteroid a mile wide slamming into a land area of the Earth would send up a dust cloud big enough to obscure the sun for many hundreds of years, wiping out most living things on the Earth.

An asteroid a mile wide slamming into one of the oceans would send tsunami's and a shock wave that would cover 2/3 of the Earth's mass and would destroy 75% of all living things on Earth.

An asteroid two miles wide slamming into an area of Earth's land mass could have the potential of sending Earth out of it's own orbit causing it eventually to rotate into the Sun's path thereby destroying the entire planet and everything on it.

Answer 2

As long as the asteroid is not big enough to destroy or alter the Earth's course around the sun, we, as a species, mankind, will survice, but not you and me.
No matter where the asteroid will hit, we will experince an apocalypse like cataclysm, we might experience a new ice-age and only very few will survive.
Technic as we know it now might be lost ... and there will evolve a different kind of mankind over time, probably more robust ...

Answer 3

Some life on earth has survived all the previous asteroid strikes (otherwise we wouldn't be here!) and humanity is probably better equiped then the creatures that have survived previous mega-disasters. You and I might not survive the event... but I do beleive that some humans will live to breed another day.

Answer 4

Eventually we are all going to die for one cause or other, but chance of hit is not that big. But if there is a big one then I bet me and you will die earlier than the asteroid hits the earth - from overall chaos.

Answer 5

Doubtful. A meteor a mile across or more would kill this planet. Depends on what you call a "major" hit. Even one about 500 feet across would cause a major catastrophe across most of the planet.

Answer 6

Major astroids ,when enter the earth,either due to fire or friction disintegrate.No such danger to mankind is envisaged.Even if major astroids come their path can be predicted and at least USA will be capable to send missiles or have some technology to disintegrate it before it reaches earth.The exit of dinos are supposed to be due to astroid hit,but there is no supporting evidence.

Answer 7

In short, yes. The odds are very good that it will hit an ocean, although of course that would create a devastating tsunami and kill many many people.
If it hits land, the number of deaths depends upon whether or not it hits a large city.
Here is a site that will calculate the effects of an impact - have fun!
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects/

Answer 8

Here check this out. You can put how far you are from a asteroid when it hits plus how big it is and what its made of. Then it'll tell you what would happen.

Answer 9

NO! If it hit in the sea, then the giant tidal wave would cover most of the earth. If it hit on land then the dust cloud would block out the sun and we would die from having no oxygen.

Answer 10

If it is over a mile wide and hits in one piece then we would all be wiped out. I suppose some pockets may remain but they would be back in the dark ages

Answer 11

Why, have you seen one on it's way to earth?! lol. The answer is highly unlikely because even though it may only hit one particular part of earth the ecological effects would wipe us out anyway.