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Tens of thousands of people heard and felt an explosion all over Northeast Ohio and into Pennsylvania and New York Tuesday morning.(Source: WOIO\/NWS Cleveland)Pressure wave caused the \u2018big boom\u2019<\/p>\nCLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A fireball lit up skies across Northeast Ohio Tuesday morning after a seven-ton asteroid entered the atmosphere and broke apart over Medina County, NASA confirmed.<\/p>\n
The space agency said the meteor was first detected at 8:57 a.m. off Lake Erie near Lorain. It traveled more than 34 miles through the atmosphere before breaking up, with some fragments falling to the ground.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a rocky or metal piece, a fragment that\u2019s floating through space, that comes in contact with our atmosphere; it\u2019s that friction that creates that streak of light that we see,\u201d said JonDarr Bradshaw, a community engagement coordinator for the Great Lakes Science Center. \u201cIt\u2019s very rare, because the earth has such a thick atmosphere, that that particle, that object actually makes it all the way to the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n
Astronomer Jay Reynolds explained Tuesday\u2019s experience was once in a lifetime. <\/p>\n
\u201cA shared experience, the sound of meteors, something from space coming in,\u201d Reynolds said. \u201cIt\u2019s a big deal. How often does this happen, very rarely.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reynolds spoke with 19 News about what meteorite that might be found could look like. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhat you want to look for is something in your backyard that shouldn\u2019t be there,\u201d Reynolds said. \u201cLook at the rocks, look at them carefully. You\u2019d be surprised and just say well what\u2019s the big deal, yeah, it\u2019s a meteorite.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tens of thousands of people heard and felt an explosion all over Northeast Ohio and into Pennsylvania and New York Tuesday morning.(Source: WOIO\/NWS Cleveland)Pressure wave caused the \u2018big boom\u2019<\/p>\n
The meteor, estimated at 6 feet in diameter, was traveling at 40,000 miles per hour. NASA said when it broke up, it unleashed a pressure wave responsible for the loud boom heard throughout Northeast Ohio.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s pretty incredible, right here in our own backyard!\u201d said Bradshaw.<\/p>\n
NASA said people reported seeing the fireball in places as far as Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n
There were also witnesses in Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n
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Damage in Strongsville(Julia Thyret | (Source: Viewer))Homes shook in Strongsville and beyond<\/p>\n
In Strongsville, Kerry Woloszynek said the boom shook her entire house.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was just like a boom,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was just all at once and shook the house.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kerry said the force knocked items from shelves inside her home.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey like started leaning forward and all of this stuff just started leaning off of them,\u201d she said. \u201cLike I\u2019m picking up glass. Like what was that?\u201d<\/p>\n
She said her first thought was that something had struck her house.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou go from did something fall on my house. Was there a home explosion,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Residents across the region reported similar experiences<\/p>\n
Hope Intihar said her house shook as well near Cleveland State\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard it, like my house shook. It literally felt like a car hit my house. It freaked me out,\u201d Intihar said. \u201cI thought my dog like knocked over a trash can or something heavy.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said she looked out her windows after finding nothing inside to explain the shaking.<\/p>\n
Meteorologist Jeff Tanchak said the meteor would have been visible to the naked eye had skies been clear.<\/p>\n
Meteorologist Kelly Dobeck noted that once a meteor reaches the ground, it is classified as a meteorite.<\/p>\n
No injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n
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