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Mid-Atlantic Alert: Mysterious Sonic Boom Linked to Meteor Breakup Heard Across Ohio-Pennsylvania-New York
Ashtabula County, Ohio – A powerful sonic boom from a meteor breakup rattled parts of the Midwest Tuesday morning, reportedly damaging windows and shaking
By County Herald Weather Center · 2026-03-17T22:59:52+00:00
Mid Atlantic Alert: Mysterious Sonic Boom Linked to Meteor Breakup Heard Across Ohio Pennsylvania New York Ashtabula County, Ohio – A powerful sonic boom from a meteor breakup rattled parts of the Midwest Tuesday morning, reportedly damaging windows and shaking homes across the region.
Residents across Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York reported hearing a loud, thunderous noise just before dawn on Tuesday. Local emergency services were inundated with calls as citizens questioned the source of the sudden vibration.
Meteorologists and space agencies have since identified the sound as the result of a meteor airburst—a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere and shattering at high speed, creating a massive shockwave.