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We received word from viewers early this morning who heard the loud sound they say felt like an explosion around 1 a.m. Friday in Barker, Somerset, Olcott, and Newfane. There were even reports of some residents in Canada hearing and feeling it. Some thought that it may have been caused by a plane at the Niagara Falls Air Base, but the Base tells us that they don't own any planes or equipment capable of creating a sonic boom. The FAA also confirms that there were no aircraft in the area around that time.
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over the last several years, are we hearing about 'loud booms and explosion noises' associated with earthquakes? As someone who lived in many areas of coastal California and all along the San Andreas fault line for 35 years, I felt many quakes (and was in San Francisco during the Loma Prieta quake in 1989) but NEVER, not one time, ever heard any noise associated with any other earthquakes.
It seems mainstream press is attempting to get the masses to believe it's normal to 'hear' earthquakes..... and we know why.