Sonic boom from a meteor shakes Ohio and Pennsylvania
KABOOM! Did you hear it? Around 9 a.m. EDT on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2026, residents of Ohio and Pennsylvania began flooding the 911 line with reports of an “earthquake like” explosion. The National Weather Service out of Pittsburgh was quick to report:
We’re receiving reports across western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio of a loud boom and a fireball in the sky. Our satellite data suggest it was possibly a meteor entering the atmosphere.
And the National Weather Service out of Cleveland followed up with data confirming the meteor. Looking at satellite imagery from the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM), you can see a bright streak over the Cleveland area that would be consistent with a meteor entering the atmosphere. NWS Cleveland said:…