Quija
Seen to fall in 1990 in China · 17 kg recovered · H
Quija is the most recent and heaviest of the 13 H falls. It is the only H fall recorded in China.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 44.617° N, 126.133° E
The map is centred on Quija. Rings every 100 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Quija is Jilin, 63 km to the south. Within 250 km lie five other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jilin | 1976 | H5 | 4 tonnes | 63 km south |
| 2 | Songyuan | 1993 | L6 | 37 kg | 114 km north-west |
| 3 | Shuangyang | 1971 | H5 | 3.9 kg | 130 km south |
| 4 | Zhaodong | 1984 | L4 | 42 kg | 135 km north |
| 5 | Lanxi | 1986 | L6 | 1.3 kg | 181 km north |
| 6 | Taonan | 1965 | L5 | 3.9 kg | 269 km west |
What H means
H is the label for an ordinary chondrite with high total iron; no petrologic type is recorded. The nearest other H fall is Otomi in Japan, 1,368 km away. In date order among H falls, the one before Quija is Djermaia (1961, Chad).
Quija in China’s record
In date order Quija is number 47 (shared with a fall of the same year) of the 54 falls recorded in China, which run from 1890 to 2010. By recovered mass Quija comes 15th of 54 there. The fall recorded before Quija in China is Sixiangkou (1989); the next is Yanzhuang (1990).
The 1990s
Quija is one of 54 falls dated to the 1990s. Elsewhere, the record lists five other falls in 1990, among them Sterlitamak in Russia, Itqiy in Morocco, Burnwell in the United States.