A sonic boom is the sound associated with shock waves from an object traveling faster than the speed of sound. Christopher Duncan said. boom ", Another person said, "Woke me up, thought something hit the house, Facebook and Twitter seem to confirm it was what I thought, sonic boom seems likely. ), First published on April 9, 2014 / 5:45 PM. MORE NEWS: Shocking video: 5-foot alligator found inside Burmese python in Florida, Matt Collins in Orlando said, "Just heard a sonic boom in the Orlando area. A very small earthquake or cavity collapse such as a rockfall in a cave also produces very small signals on the seismogram, but they tend to look quite different and the felt reports tend to be from a small focused area instead of over a wide area. That was it. Did anyone else in South OC feel or witness what seemed like two earthquakes over the course of about 10 minutes? An Orange County resident asked in a Reddit post. The California Institute of Technology on its Twitter page said its seismograms showed no earthquake in Orange County and that sonic booms are the most common cause of people feeling an event that doesnt show up in the ground.. A resident of Westfield, Indiana picked up the sound of a sonic boom on his home video system. Officials at the Camp Pendleton Marine base were also mystified. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. First, CBSLA also reached out to United States Space Command about a Russian anti-satellite missile test that is generating a lot of debris in space. ", As NASA puts its, "Air reacts like a fluid to supersonic objects. All rights reserved. The data shows a recorded speed of 967 knots at 8:27 PM, certainly fast enough to produce a sonic boom at the altitudes in question. "I just heard the rattling and the envelope door. A jolt that was felt across the Southland Friday morning is being attributed to a sonic boom, earthquake expert Dr. Lucy Jones tells Eyewitness News. CENTRAL INDIANA FOX59/CBS4 received several reports from viewers of a loud boom and bright streaking light that occurred around 8:50 p.m. in the Central Indiana sky. SANTA ANA (CBSLA.com) A loud boom heard across Orange County Wednesday that was initially believed to be an earthquake was "sonic-related," officials So, it was strong enough to definitely jolt everyone," said Dana Point visitor Kristin Kassouf. 2023 FOX Television Stations, 2 high schoolers killed, 4 others hurt in shooting at house party in Mississippi, Police: Shooter fires into crowd of juveniles at Dezerland parking lot; 3 hurt, Soldiers killed in Alaska helicopter crash identified by US Army, Florida nursing assistant spent $7K on cosmetic surgeries using patients identity: affidavit, House partially collapses in early morning fire in Orange County, officials say. Michael Teplansky shared this video taken by his home security camera that has audio of loud booms heard across Central Florida early Saturday. 55 Mississippi governor signs bill to expand police control In Laguna Beach, over 100 residents report feeling shaking on the Laguna Locals Facebook page. There are no reports of damage. People in Dana Point Harbor describe it happening not once, but twice in the 8 o'clock hour. The final step is that someone with sufficiently high rank in the military announces that one or some of their planes were in the area. Mysterious Loud Boom And Rattling Felt Along Orange This effect is known as sonic boom focusing. When the boat moves through water, it pushes water aside, thus creating a wake. Your feedback helps guide our development and improve your reading experience. "We reached out to Caltech, and they said it's not seismic; it's sonic-related," said Vicki Osborn, an assistant emergency manager in the Orange County Sheriff's Department. Please enter valid email address to continue. Reports of unidentified booms have emerged from different places around the world for hundreds of years, and although many of the boom stories remain a mystery, others have been explained. Officials at the NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field had not heard about the possible sonic boom, said Bruce Buckingham, the center's chief public affairs officer. sonic boom From just those points alone, we can be pretty sure that it is some kind of atmospheric source, such as a sonic boom, artillery fire or something like a meteorite or bolide explosion. 2021 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Sonic boom jolts Southern California after Sierra Nevada quake That wasnt an earthquake, experts say. Sonic boom? Mysterious 'booms' heard around Central Mississippi governor signs bill to expand police control
