The apostle John, in his end-times vision of the spectacular series of events known as The Seven Seals, describes seeing "something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea" (Revelation 8:8 RSV). Any astronomer, professional or amateur, would recognize immediately what John was talking about. They need not even be at all religious to see and understand it. An asteroid is an asteroid.
The good news may be that it describes a strike in the "sea." If that means one of the oceans, then damage should be less than that on land. There would be however huge tidal waves (not good if you live on an island, or along a continental coastline), earthquakes from the shock to the earth's crust, and numerous other atmospheric and environmental effects. There would still be vast devastation.
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