South Carolina were treated to a surprise Tuesday morning as a loud boom made its presence felt and heard throughout the state.A Nest Doorbell camera outside a home in Mount Pleasant captured the loud event on video just after 8:40 a.m.The South Carolina Emergency Management Division received reports from Greenville, Columbia and Charleston regarding the loud noise and reached out to several agencies to figure out what was responsible."Getting several questions about a large boom/rumble in the Charleston area earlier this morning," emergency management officials posted on Twitter. "We have no reports of any earthquakes at this time.
We’re working to determine the source."SONIC BOOM: HEAR THE SOUNDS OF A METEOR BREAKING UP OVER UTAHPrevious booms that have been reported in the state have been caused by earthquakes or even spacecraft reentering Earth’s atmosphere for an eventual splash down in the western Atlantic, but neither of those scenarios appeared to be responsible for Tuesday’s event.The U.S.
Geological Survey did not report any substantial seismic activity in the Palmetto State, and NASA isn’t slated to welcome home astronauts from the International Space Station until early June.This led residents and authorities to question whether the boom was connected to a military training exercise that the U.S.
Coast Guard warned about north of Charleston.The alert read: "Joint Base Charleston will be conducting explosive operations at Wharf Alpha on the Cooper River in Goose Creek, SC from May 22, 2023, to May 28, 2023.