Residents in and around Birmingham reported hearing and feeling a very loud boom that shook their homes on Tuesday afternoon. But the United States Geological Survey has not detected an earthquake in the area and there was no explosion or smoke reported.
The unknown event was reported in Cullman, Walker, St. Clair, Jefferson, Calhoun and Blount Counties. People took to Twitter to report hearing a loud explosion in the Blount County area about noon. Law enforcement agencies were looking for a possible cause but have found no evidence of what caused the sound.
The National Weather Service in Birmingham responded to the news by revealing they do not have an answer as to what caused the loud boom but gave likely answers.
They tweeted: "Re: loud boom heard: we do not see anything indicating large fire/smoke on radar or satellite; nothing on USGS indicating an earthquake. We don’t have an answer, and can only hypothesize with you. 1) sonic boom from aircraft; 2) meteorite w/ current Leonid shower?"
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