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• Meteor Explodes Over Massachusetts, Loud Boom Shakes Buildings | Watch Published By, Last Updated: May 31, 2026, 16:22 IST A 3 foot meteor exploded over the New Hampshire Massachusetts border, creating a bright fireball, loud booms, and shockwaves, but no injuries or damage were reported According to NASA, measuring about 3 feet wide, entered Earth's atmosphere near the New Hampshire-Massachusetts border at around 2:06 pm local time (Image:X/@surajit_ghosh2) A meteor streaking across the skies over Massachusetts triggered loud explosion-like booms and ground shaking across parts of the northeastern United States and Canada on Saturday, prompting hundreds of reports from residents.
• According to the American Meteor Society and NASA, the meteor, measuring about 3 feet wide, entered Earth’s atmosphere near the New Hampshire-Massachusetts border at around 2:06 pm local time.
• Travelling at nearly 75,000 mph (1.2 lakh kmph), it broke apart about 40 miles above the ground, creating a bright daytime fireball and a powerful shockwave.
• WHAT just exploded over the Northeastern U.S.?A suspected meteorite airburst sent shockwaves across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Southern New Hampshire, with loud booms reported from Boston to the North Shore GOES-19 satellite data reportedly detected a major thermal… pic.twitter.com/RrgTPCokZK — Surajit (@surajit_ghosh2) May 30, 2026 Witnesses from Delaware to Montreal reported hearing a double boom, feeling buildings shake and spotting the fireball in the sky.
• Several residents initially feared an explosion or earthquake and alerted local authorities.