Residents across New England were left stunned after a powerful double boom rattled buildings and shook the ground, triggering reports to police and earthquake officials. The cause, however, came from above.

‘I felt a vibration’: Resident describes powerful meteor explosion over Massachusetts A Massachusetts resident described feeling her apartment shake after a meteor exploded high above New England, releasing energy equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT,

A meteor explosion was heard just after 2 p.m. Saturday, May 30 and has created buzz. 12 News Meteorologist Catie McNeil shares more on the explosion.

The USGS noted the event was a "widely felt sonic boom from a suspected bolide," referring to a meteor that explodes in the atmosphere.

Residents reported a sharp boom and shaking homes after a meteor fragmented high over New England, NASA said.

The meteor streaked across the region around 2 p.m., according to NASA, hurtling into Earth’s atmosphere at a speed of roughly 75,000 miles per hour.

A meteor exploded Saturday afternoon a little north of Boston, causing a double boom sound and some buildings to shake. People reported seeing it from as far as Delaware and Montreal.

Attleboro area police departments and regional public safety dispatch centers fielded numerous calls from worried and curious residents about the sonic boom heard Saturday afternoon that was later det

Residents across Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island were left startled Saturday afternoon after a powerful boom