Meteor explodes in fireball and sonic boom over Australia
Hopes chunks of meteor ‘might be found’ after huge explosion
- Residents across Victoria, Australia, reported a loud sonic boom and houses rattling on Sunday evening after a bright meteor streaked across the night sky.
- Footage of the fireball was shared by residents in Ballarat and Bendigo, who heard the boom approximately one minute after the sighting.
- Geoscience Australia received multiple tremor reports but confirmed no seismic event occurred, attributing the effects to the meteor.
- Experts believe significant chunks of the meteor likely survived the atmospheric entry, may have landed between Bendigo and Ballarat, and “optimistically, might be found”.
- The event was confirmed as a meteor and not space junk or part of the ongoing Perseids meteor shower, with a potential fall site identified northeast of Maryborough.