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Meteor causes loud boom and shake in California, Nevada, and Oregon Sunday morning

Monday, April 23, 2012 22:13
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(TheWeatherSpace.com) – Switchboards lit up on Sunday morning as people heard and felt something similar to a sonic boom. Agencies are confirming a possible meteor strike.

Residents surrounding Lake Tahoe, California, Nevada, and Oregon reported seeing a bright meteor streaking across the sky just before 8:00 a.m. on Sunday morning. Some describe it as being so close to them, a blinding light.

“I was outside jogging and I saw what looked like a bright white light, almost like a nuclear bomb,” said Kathy of Tulare, California. “It was as bright as the Sun. Afterwards there was a huge boom and shaking as I lost it behind the mountains.”

Residents are also reporting of a physical impact and authorities are on the way to track down a possible meteor strike in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

“This is amazing,” said TheWeatherSpace.com Senior Meteorologist Kevin Martin. “If this left a physical impact then you are looking at a once in a possible lifetime event in this area. Thankfully if it did hit the ground it was in the rural mountain zones and not over a major city.”

USGS did not detect earthquakes in the area, but witnesses believe it hit somewhere in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Lyrid Meteor Shower was peaking around the time, a meteor shower from debris left over from Comet Thatcher.

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