Residents in Massachusetts were quite concerned after hearing a loud boom on Saturday afternoon.
Authorities in Massachusetts and several Boston news stations received calls from concerned residents who reported hearing loud booms shortly after 2 p.m. on Saturday.
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NASA has since responded to the reports and revealed the loud booms stemmed from a meteor that broke up into fragments.
CBS News broke the story and shared the following details:
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A meteor exploded off the coast of Massachusetts, causing a loud boom that could be heard throughout the state Saturday afternoon, according to WBZ-TV chief meteorologist Eric Fisher. NASA said the energy released when the meteor broke up was equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT.
It was heard around 2:11 p.m. Eastern Time,
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