Equivalent to '30 tons of TNT': Meteor explodes in Pennsylvania on New Year's Day

新年早々、世界では様々な事象が起こっていますね！

今回は、Pennsylvania でMetor(隕石群)が元旦に降って来て爆発を引き起こしたと言う、USA Today紙から...
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On New Year's Day, people in southwestern Pennsylvania heard an explosion around 11:20 a.m. EST.

An initial tweet by the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh said the most likely explanation was  a "meteor explosion."

People all over Pittsburgh took to social media, saying the boom was incredibly loud and shook their house. Others posted footage capturing the crackling sounds of the explosion.

The National Weather Service Pittsburgh noticed a flash captured by its satellite's Geostationary Lightning Mapper in neighboring Washington County.

"This flash does not appear to be connected to any lightning activity in the area. One possible explanation is that a meteor exploded at some level above the ground," the weather service said in a post on Facebook.