A meteorite exploded off the coast of Boston

On Saturday, at approximately 2:06 PM ET, a meteorite fell over the northeastern United States and exploded north of Cape Cod Bay. It was a fireball hold on camera by Several peopleThe houses shook and could even be seen clearly Satellite imagesThe sky lights up.

Some residents initially thought the shaking and booming might have been an earthquake, but the United States Geological Survey (USGS) He denied itsaying it was a “widely felt sonic boom from a suspected shooting star.” In a statement published on the X website. NASA described The event was described as a “bright fireball… accompanied by a loud noise.”

The meteorite was moving at about 75,000 miles per hour, according to NASA, “It appears to have split about 40 miles above northeastern MA and southeastern NH. The energy released at the breakup is estimated to be equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT, which explains the loud noise.”

Jennifer Doren, NASA’s vice president of news, said as well Agence France-Presse A statement said: “This fireball was not related to any currently active meteor shower, but it was a natural object and not the return of space debris or a satellite.”