NASA said the energy released when the meteor broke up was equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT.

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

A meteor that exploded off the coast of Massachusetts set off a loud boom equivalent to 300 tons of TNT, NASA said.

When a meteor exploded over Cape Cod it was estimated to be the equivalent of about 300 tons of TNT. See satellite video ...

NASA shared an initial analysis of a 5-foot-wide fireball meteor that exploded in the sky over the northeastern U.S. on Saturday, May 30.

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), it was a "widely felt sonic boom from a suspected bolide".

A loud boom was heard across Southern New England Saturday afternoon.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — That bright green streak over Northeast Ohio on Monday night was not a trick of the eye. A fireball meteor lit up the sky around 10:42 p.m. Monday, drawing more than 200 reports from ...

People reported seeing the glowing space rock or hearing or feeling its breakup from Delaware to Montreal. Experts estimate that it was about three feet wide and traveling at 75,000 miles per hour whe ...

Meteor was travelling at 75,000 miles per hour (more than 120,000 km/h) at an altitude of 40 miles when it broke apart ...

At about 6:30pm last night, a meteor exploded with a bright flash that was widely seen across eastern Australia. Stunned onlookers from Sydney to Canberra, and beyond, reported seeing the explosion ...