The USGS noted the event was a "widely felt sonic boom from a suspected bolide," referring to a meteor that explodes in the atmosphere.

A meteor that exploded off the coast of Massachusetts set off a loud boom equivalent to 300 tons of TNT, NASA said.

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A meteorite that caused a loud boom when it exploded over Massachusetts Saturday afternoon split into fragments four times larger than most meteorites that fall to Earth, according to NASA.

A meteorite that rattled New England homes and caused an explosive “double boom” plunged into the middle of Cape Cod Bay, according to experts. The meteorite fragmented just after 2 p.m. on Saturday, ...

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The meteor's boom, heard widely on Saturday (May 30) at 2:06 p.m. EDT (local time), was audible over the northeastern U.S. NASA made the determination that it was a meteor based on both eyewitness ...

WE’RE NOW LEARNING. IT LITERALLY SHOOK THE EARTH. THE SMALL, ORB LIKE INSTRUMENTS ARE SEISMOMETERS ON THEIR WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN TO MEASURE EARTHQUAKES. SCIENTISTS AT THE WOODS HOLE ...

(AP) - Reports of an explosion from people across New England on Saturday afternoon sent police agencies and others scrambling to understand what caused a double boom that shook buildings in ...