Meteor Explodes over Massachusetts
a day ago
- #meteor
- #NASA
- #New England
- A meteor approximately five feet wide and weighing 5.6 metric tons entered Earth's atmosphere over New England at 2:06 p.m. on Saturday, traveling at about 42,000 mph.
- The meteor broke up 31 miles above sea level with an energy equivalent to 230 tons of TNT, producing a double boom heard and felt across multiple states and Canadian provinces.
- NASA confirmed the meteorite fragments fell into Cape Cod Bay, but retrieval is unlikely due to water depth and storm conditions, with the U.S. Coast Guard not planning recovery efforts.
- The American Meteor Society received dozens of reports from Delaware to Montreal, describing the event as a fireball visible in the daytime, though clouds limited visibility in some areas.
- Authorities, including police and emergency services, confirmed no damage or public safety threats, with the U.S. Geological Survey attributing the shaking to a sonic boom from the meteor, not an earthquake.