Explosion Or Bang Heard Across England

[cyclonic happiness]

Just heard a massive bang which shook the house , now reports are coming from twitter that most of England heard it??? wtf?

[cyclonic happiness]

Bump!!!!!

[Paranoid]

Yeah i heard it too, seems like everyone in the northern part of Warwickshire heard it. Small tremor or an explosion somewhere maybe?

Edited April 12, 2012 by Paranoid

[cyclonic happiness]

I've been on twitter and they're saying it's been heard from Leicester to Swindon!!

Some folk are saying that it amy have been in Wykin, in coventry but...??

It scared the hell out of me!! I though the window was gonna blow in?!

[djmuk100]

It was felt in Coventry (Bham end), Bulkington and Rugby.

[skyblusam]

Im in coventry cv6 post code and heard it. It was a double boom which shook the floor under my feet

[cyclonic happiness]

Some folk say it may have been an earthquake?

Or perhaps Krakatoa has gone bang again

[Paranoid]

Whatever it is, sounds like it was focused in the West Midlands judging by people saying they felt it shake the house, seemed to be little more than a thud for me.

[cyclonic happiness]

I wonder if it could have been an asteroid burning up and exploding in mid air? they're heard over vast ares?

[stormgirlz]

i'm in oxfordshire and i heard it about 25 minutes ago, scared the bejeezus out of me, we're right round the corner from an RAF base...

[skyblusam]

On the bbc news homepage the little red breaking news banner that pops up now and again say the ministry of defence are looking into reports of a big bang in oxfordshire.

[Zenarcher]

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/yourtown/oxford/9646658.Huge_mystery_boom_heard_over_county___big_bang_theory_/

I heard a very faint jet noise about 40 minutes ago where I live not sure if its connected.

[skyblusam]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17697328

[Evening thunder]

Maybe an extra powerful lightning bolt?

I do know that positive bolts originating from high up in cumulonimbus clouds are more powerful with louder bangs than normal, though if it was across as wide a area as suggested then I doubt it was that, also not sure if a storm was near that area

Edited April 12, 2012 by Stormmad26

[cyclonic happiness]

Alot of folk are now saying it could have been a meteorite and tonight may be a good night to spot meteorite showers??

[Robbie Garrett]

Alot of folk are now saying it could have been a meteorite and tonight may be a good night to spot meteorite showers??

Quite possibly, http://earthquake.us...gion/Europe.php

Nothing in reference to anything geological. I don't understand how it could be anyway.

Either that or the Military playing up again The fact that BBC have reported "The Ministry of Defence is investigating reports of a loud bang that has been heard across a large part of England."

Is my suspect, but aint these guys also our NASA?

Edited April 12, 2012 by Robbie Garrett

[Snowangel-MK]

Sky news says minor earth tremor....

7:01pm UK, Thursday April 12, 2012

A loud bang heard in the Coventry area is being blamed on a minor earth tremor by police in the West Midlands.

http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16207542

[Paul]

Rumours abound about the cause - this from @bunkeralpha on twitter:

@netweather Was a sonic boom from an RAF Typhoon which was scrambled on a QRA launch from Coningsby

[cyclonic happiness]

It can't have been an earthquake, I remember the one we had a few years ago and that was all 'felt' through the flloor, but this was just like a blast wave and it came from the sky seemingly?

[Snowangel-MK]

British Geological Survey told Sky News it had no seismic records to indicate a tremor had struck.

[cyclonic happiness]

Rumours abound about the cause - this from @bunkeralpha on twitter who knows his stuff:

@netweather Was a sonic boom from an RAF Typhoon which was scrambled on a QRA launch from Coningsby

Ahhh good stuff, would have done my head in if I'd not have found out.

But how could it have been heard over 100's of square miles?

[Costa Del Fal]

MOD have confirmed it was a SONIC BOOM.

Apparently there was a false security alert and thus Two fighter Jets were sent. Thats whats on BBC Cov & Warks now.

Edited April 12, 2012 by Blizzards

[Robbie Garrett]

Ahhh good stuff, would have done my head in if I'd not have found out.

But how could it have been heard over 100's of square miles?

Not sure if you remember, but when Concorde used to fly it used to route mid Bristol Channel to a waypoint called UPGAS where it used to accelrate to supersonic speeds, apparently this used to be heard by many from many miles away. Someone that's lived in that area may be able to explain.

If it was indeed the MOD, then the RAF euro-fighter can easily break the sound barrier, if there was two of them then I am not surprised it was heard over many locations.

[MusicManMatt]

I heard it too, lasted about 15 secs, and not the usual commercial jet sound either. Was obviously the Typhoon!

[Rich_Clements]

As Paul states it was a RAF Typhoon on a Quick Reaction Alert sortie, I suspect the pilot did it by accident as they are not supposed to break the sound barrier over land, they were reacting to a signal from a Helicopter