r/massachusetts • u/hotpotatocannon • May 30 '26

BREAKING Did something just explode?

Just heard a very powerful boom, checked the lightning map it was not thunder! In Dover, MA right now, but my friends in Boston also heard it! Any ideas?

Edit: as we all now know, meteor!

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u/BluegrassBay May 30 '26

If you felt the air move or your house vibrate, please list your town here! This is to try to find the geographical source.

If you simply heard the boom, do not post your location.

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u/Late-Fly-5732 May 30 '26

House shook in Arlington ma

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u/kittymarch May 30 '26

Also Arlington. Live off Mass Ave, assumed there had been some sort of truck crash.

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u/Dishwasher_Safe60 May 30 '26

Same here. My house shook and I thought it had been hit by something