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Residents reported a sharp boom and shaking homes after a meteor fragmented high over New England, NASA said.
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Meteor explosion shocks northeastern US residents
A Stunning Meteor Event On Saturday afternoon, residents in parts of the northeastern United States were taken aback by a brilliant flash and a series of loud booms after a meteor exploded above Massachusetts.
The meteor streaked across the region around 2 p.m., according to NASA, hurtling into Earth’s atmosphere at a speed of roughly 75,000 miles per hour.
People in a handful of states posted on social media about feeling the buildings they were in shaking.
Residents across Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island were left startled Saturday afternoon after a powerful boom
Multiple videos show a rare "fireball" meteor breaking apart with a flash of emerald light over the erupting Mount Mayon. Initial reports suggested that the falling space rock hit the volcano, but this was untrue.