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"People have reported hearing an initial loud banging, followed by rumbling and intense shaking."And here:
Peter Wilkinson, owner of the Penrallt Coastal Campsite, about a mile from the epicentre, said he was woken by what felt like a thud and thought that the corner of his house had fallen off. [...]Loud bangs followed by rumbling suggests that it might have been another overhead cometary explosion. In addition, the sound can often seem very close because of the electrophonic nature of meteors. Objects that are close by will transduce the meteor shockwave into an audible sound."I got up to see if something had fallen over in the room and went to check all of the rooms, but there wasn't any sign.
I would describe it as like hearing a large thud - like a wardrobe falling over."
In 1815, Mt. Tambora of Indonesia exploded with such strength (the greatest volcanic eruption in perhaps the past 60,000 years) that the entire northern hemisphere was encircled with ash. By the summer of 1816 freak cold waves and snow enveloped much of North America, Europe, and Asia, along with snowfall in the eastern U.S. and and Canada.
Between June 6th and June 8th accumulating snow was observed as far south as the Catskills in New York (where one inch was reported) and highlands of central and northwest Pennsylvania. Snowflakes were seen at sea level as far south as ten miles north of tidewater on the Hudson River just above New York City."
The deepest accumulations were reported in the mountains of Vermont where snowfalls of 12-18" were measured at 1,000-3,000' elevations (Cabot, Vermont with an elevation of 1,300' reported 18" although it isn't clear if this was a level or drift measurement). Quebec City in Canada reported 12" on level with drifts up to two feet deep.
Comment: See:Strong tremor hits Wales: Initially reported at 4.3 magnitude, but was it really an earthquake? The 'Technical Data' link from USGS shows that the depth of this earthquake was at 10km +/- 3km.