A 7-ton, 6-foot meteor traveling at ~45,000mph released energy equal to ~250 tons of TNT, lighting up the skies and causing a loud boom across northeast Ohio and parts of Pennsylvania and New York

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A 7-ton, 6-foot meteor traveling at ~45,000mph released energy equal to ~250 tons of TNT, lighting up the skies and causing a loud boom across northeast Ohio and parts of Pennsylvania and New York

www.cbsnews.com

Innerworld@lemmy.world to interestingasfuck@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

7-ton meteor that zoomed over multiple states was likely cause of boom heard across Ohio

www.cbsnews.com

Some residents immediately feared the sound was an explosion, according to CBS affiliate WOIO, but weather service officials say it appears to have been a meteor.

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