© Verde Independent
(U.S.) - Just before 5 p.m. Tuesday, a loud boom followed by a second blast that shook windows from Cornville to Jerome, rocked the Verde Valley.
By Wednesday, the noises, whatever they were, were all the buzz.
"There was a boom and I thought, thunder. But as I was looking around for clouds I heard a second one that sounded like it came from Mingus Mountain. Then I went to see if the spring on my garage door opener had broke," says Camp Verde resident John Stephens.
Kristi Gagnon, fire marshal for the Camp Verde Fire District, said she and fire Chief Clayton Young were in the administrative offices when they heard the noises. Having grown up in California, Gagnon thought it was an earthquake.
"It had that similar sound but nothing was shaking and the ground wasn't moving. It was interesting for sure," said Gagnon.
Gagnon said she did get a report from a resident living near the Camp Verde Library who said the noise actually "shook stuff off the shelf."
Their curiosity eventually drove them outside the building, believing something had hit the roof, but found nothing there.
Chief Joe Moore with the Clarkdale Fire District heard it, too, and reported that it sounded just like dynamite.
Whatever it was, it did not appear to be isolated to the Verde Valley.
Comment: Here's a video of the other sinkhole in Santa Cruz (more of a landslide really):