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2010 flash crash
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<p>The May 6, 2010, flash crash, also known as the crash of 2:45 or simply the flash crash, was a United States trillion-dollar <a href="/facts/Flash_crash/7HISYk71">flash crash</a> (a type of <a href="/facts/Stock_market_crash/lbvTazdh">stock market crash</a>) which started at 2:32 p.m. <a href="/facts/Eastern_Time_Zone/jP4S8j1V">EDT</a> and lasted for approximately 36 minutes. </p>