Mystery boom (stock)
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People reported feeling their houses shake and a loud noise over East Yorkshire on Thursday in what was thought to be a sonic boom.

Many living in the region took to social media to ask others if they had felt the earth moving and heard the sound that "reverberated" at around lunchtime on Thursday, May 14.

One man said: "Everything shook! Like a bomb!"

Another social media user said: "It felt like something had hit the house."

The strange activity was soon explained as a sonic boom - a very loud sound caused by shock waves created by any object that travels through the air faster than the speed of sound.

Sonic booms are often caused by RAF fighter jets flying through the skies. They are often heard and felt around East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, with RAF Coningsby being home to jets.

One person wrote on social media: "Was there jets flying above East Yorkshire then? I'm sure we heard a sonic boom? The doors in my house shook."

Another said: "Well it might be my birthday but I didn't expect the RAF to do a sonic boom over the house to mark the occasion. Nearly had a heart attack!"

And another added: "Was that a sonic boom? The sound reverberated through the trees and the ground shook."