Meteor over Massachusetts Causes Explosion Reports, Sightings From Delaware to Montreal

Moment a meteor creates sonic boom over Massachusetts

According to Nasa, the meteor released the equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT when it broke up.

Meteor over Massachusetts causes explosion reports, sightings from Delaware to Montreal

The American Meteor Society said that the booms people heard were caused by a meteor nearly 1 meter wide entering the atmosphere around the New Hampshire border with Massachusetts, north of Boston.

Meteor explodes over United States, triggering sonic boom

A meteor broke apart over the US state of Massachusetts. Several people reported that the buildings they were in shook during the incident.

Meteor Explodes Over US With Force Equal To 300 Tonnes Of TNT, NASA Confirms

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), it was a "widely felt sonic boom from a suspected bolide".

Power of fireball explosion over the US reaches 300 tons of TNT

An official at the authority says that the fireball broke up at a speed above 120,000 km per hour

Meteor explodes over Massachusetts, setting off loud booms

Meteor was travelling at 75,000 miles per hour (more than 120,000 km/h) at an altitude of 40 miles when it broke apartA meteor crashing toward Earth exploded over the north-eastern United States on Saturday, Nasa said, setting off booms that echoed over the region with a blast equivalent to 300 tons of TNT.The fireball broke up over northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire just after 2pm (1806 GMT), the US space agency’s deputy …