[Strategerist]

Apparently most of the destruction was caused by the force of the sonic boom as the meteor passed overhead.

The flash is the meteor literally exploding from overheating and overpressure; I'd suspect that's the cause of any damage, rather than a simple sonic boom (the meteor was still at a very high altitude at the time.

[Alberta's Child]

For some reason I can’t stream all of the videos, but the one item I was referring to was the video clip where the ground shook and the windows rattled several long moments after the streak passed overhead. I believe any explosion or impact took place miles away from where that video was filmed.

[chessplayer]

The flash is the meteor literally exploding from overheating and overpressure; I’d suspect that’s the cause of any damage,

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An airburst. Scientists think the Tunguska Event in 1908 was an airburst from a comet. Some think it may have been a piece of short period Comet Encke.

[A'elian' nation]

You’re right. Felix Baumgartner created a sonic boom falling to earth, and he didn’t explode.

http://www.redbullusa.com/cs/Satellite/en_US/Video/Felix-Baumgartner-creates-sonic-boom-during-Red-Bull-Stratos-free-fall-021243275160227