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Residents report hearing 'loud explosion' across Nottingham, UK

Andrew Topping
Nottingham Post
Mon, 05 Oct 2020 13:58 UTC
Carrington
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Residents right across Nottingham have reported hearing a "loud explosion" and a "sonic boom" on Sunday evening.

Numerous reports have been made across social media and messaged into Nottinghamshire Live, with people reportedly hearing the 'loud bang' at around 10pm.

One reader messaged through to Nottinghamshire Live and said he heard it in Mapperley Park and that it made his flat feel like it was "shaking".

Fernando Martins, who described it as a "big and very quick explosion", said: "[It was] just as simple as a very loud muffled bang. "I cannot really make much sense of it, but at the same time it felt like a big and very quick explosion.
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Ground-shaking, loud boom reported across Escambia County, Florida


northescambia.com
Sat, 03 Oct 2020 12:17 UTC
Mystery boom (stock)
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The sounds of an explosion or rattling and shaking were heard or felt across part of Escambia County Saturday afternoon, and so far no one seems to know why.

Beginning about 2 p.m., NorthEscambia.com was flooded with over 600 messages and comments from people reporting the incident, and Escambia County 911 also received numerous calls.

A majority of the comments were concentrated from Molino to the north to Beulah in the south, but other reports were received from across Escambia, Santa Rosa and Baldwin counties.

Escambia Fire Rescue checked the area out and found nothing. And the U.S. Geological Survey did not report a earthquake.

Click here to see a Facebook post with hundreds of reader reports.
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Superbolide turns night into day over Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Marcelo Zurita
Bramonmeteor.org
Thu, 01 Oct 2020 07:19 UTC
Superbolide over Brazil
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A superbolide was recorded in Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina states by the cameras of BRAMON, Clima ao Vivo and Heller & Jung Observatory in the early morning hours of October 1st, 2020. Check out the video:

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Bright meteor fireball blazes over central Spain


Meteoroides.net
Wed, 30 Sep 2020 07:19 UTC
Central Spain meteor
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This fireball was almost as bright as the Full Moon and overflew Spain on 2020 September 30 at about 1:23 local time (equivalent to 23:23 universal time on September 29). It was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at around 95,000 km/h. It began at an altitude of about 95 km over the province of Ciudad Real, and ended at a height of around 40 km.

The event was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, which is being conducted by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN). The event was spotted from the meteor-observing stations located at Sevilla, La Sagra (Granada), La Hita (Toledo), and Sierra Nevada (Granada).

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Hundreds report meteor fireball blazing over Eastern US - UPDATE

Sarah Brookbank
Cincinnati Enquirer
Wed, 30 Sep 2020 12:37 UTC
AMS event 5441-2020 - Observers map
© AMS (screen capture)AMS event 5441-2020 - Observers map
A streak of bright light, described as a meteor, was sighted in parts of the United States Wednesday morning, according to Twitter users.

The astronomical event was sighted in Cincinnati and in Kentucky. Twitter users reported the sighting before 6:30 a.m.

Many users said it appeared blue or green, then turned orange before it burned out.

"Just happened to look southeast this morning before 6:30 and caught a meteor in the sky. Lit up all red, looked like a contrail fizzling out. Can't remember ever seeing one before - very cool," twitter user Ryan Wichman said.

According to NASA, meteoroids are objects in space that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids. When they enter Earth's atmosphere at high speed and burn up they become meteors. They can become visible fireballs or "shooting stars."


Comment: The American Meteor Society (AMS) has received 264 reports about a meteor fireball seen over DC, IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, Ohio, Ontario, PA, SC, TN, VA, WI and WV on Wednesday, September 30th 2020 around 10:24 UT.

Update: 1st Oct. 2020

This meteor fireball event has now had 567 reports posted to the AMS website, making it the most widely reported meteor fireball in the US since July 2019.

More videos have been uploaded to the AMS website:





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Meteor fireball over Spain on Sep. 25


Meteoroides.net
Fri, 25 Sep 2020 20:06 UTC
FIREBALL
This bright meteor overflew the south of Spain on 2020 September 25 at about 23:52 local time (equivalent to 21:52 universal time). It was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at around 39,000 km/h. It began at an altitude of about 80 km over Seville, and ended at a height of around 26 km over Córdoba.

The event was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, which is being conducted by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN). The event was spotted from the meteor-observing stations located at Sevilla, La Sagra (Granada), La Hita (Toledo), Sierra Nevada (Granada), and Calar Alto.

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Asteroid the size of a bus flew within just 13,000 miles of the Earth

Stacy Liberatore
Daily Mail, UK
Wed, 23 Sep 2020 16:57 UTC
Asteroid 2020 SW
© NASA/JPL-Caltech
An asteroid the size of a bus is set to make a close flyby of Earth on September 24.

Dubbed 2020 SW, the object will travel pass some 13,000 miles from Earth, which is closer than moon and weather satellites floating in space.

After the asteroid was spotted by the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona on September 18, follow-up observations determined it is 15 to 30 feet wide and will make its closes approach at 7:12am ET.

Experts say 2020 SW is not on an impact trajectory with Earth, but if it were, the space rock would likely break up in the atmosphere and become a fireball before hitting the surface.
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Meteor fireball streaks over Western Europe


Sott.net
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 06:59 UTC
Event 5282-2020 observers map
© YouTube/AMS (screen capture)AMS event 5282-2020 observers map
The American Meteor Society (AMS) have received 120 reports (5282-2020) about a meteor fireball seen over Western Europe (District de Luxembourg, Drenthe, England, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Hessen, Limburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, North Holland, Overijssel, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein and Vlaande) on Tuesday, September 22nd 2020 around 03:53 UT.

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Mystery after 'unbelievably loud bang' heard over Suffolk, England

Will Jefford
East Anglican Daily Times
Tue, 22 Sep 2020 18:30 UTC
Framlingham, UK
© Michele Doick/Getty Images
An "unbelievably loud bang" woke up residents across Suffolk this morning, prompting questions over its origin.

The noise was heard by a number of people in towns and villages across the east of the county shortly after 6.30am today.

Residents in Framlingham, Kettleburgh and Saxmundham have all reported hearing the mysterious bang, which sounded "like an explosion".

One dog walker said the noise scared her dog so much it was left shaking.

Another person described the noise as "unbelievably loud" and said it made his house shake.
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Mysterious tremor, deafening bang that 'shook homes' leaves Snowdonia, Wales residents baffled

Harri Evans
North Wales Live
Mon, 14 Sep 2020 15:43 UTC
Woman covering ears
© Ragip Candan
A mysterious tremor was felt by residents on the edges of Snowdonia today.

Debbie Green, who owns a farm near Cwm Silyn, described the noise as "deafening".

The farmer said that she began to feel a vibration in her feet when sat in her living room, but suddenly heard a "massive noise" before her entire house began to shake.

The incident caused her dogs to "kick off" and spooked the horses on the farm who had to be calmed down afterwards.

Other people in the area experienced something similar at 2.10pm today, including Ms Green's neighbour whose house also began to shake inexplicably at the same time.
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