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Meteor over Massachusetts Causes Explosion Reports, Sightings From Delaware to Montreal
The blast released energy equal to 300 tonnes of TNT and rattled windows across Massachusetts, officials and witnesses said.
- On Saturday, a 3-foot wide meteor exploded over the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border, creating a sonic boom heard and felt across the region by residents.
- NASA spokesperson Allard Beutel stated the space rock traveled at 75,000 mph before fragmenting 40 miles above ground, releasing energy equivalent to 300 tonnes of TNT.
- Of 285 survey respondents, 89 percent reported hearing or feeling the event, with many residents initially mistaking the shaking houses for an earthquake or explosion.
- The U.S. Geological Survey clarified that sonic boom events occur along a linear path, unlike earthquakes; agency spokesman Steve Sobie confirmed no seismic activity was registered.
- American Meteor Society researchers are investigating an unusual increase in fireball activity this year, with Smithsonian National Space and Air Museum educator Shauna Edson noting the meteor provides valuable scientific data.
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Le Journal de MontrealA meteor entering the atmosphere generated a double detonation heard from Massachusetts to Montreal on Saturday.
·Montreal, Canada
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Meteor fireball triggered loud boom across New England, NASA confirms
HOUSTON - A bright fireball streaked across parts of New England in the US on Saturday afternoon, accompanied by a loud boom, after a meteor broke apart high in the atmosphere, NASA said citing satellite imagery.
·Lahore, Pakistan
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‘A surreal experience’: Readers react to loud boom in Mass. caused by meteor
The sonic boom was heard Saturday afternoon through Greater Boston and beyond, prompting lots of theories from confused residents. The post ‘A surreal experience’: Readers react to loud boom in Mass. caused by meteor appeared first on Boston.com.
·Boston, United States
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