Mysterious explosion shakes the northeast of the US

Authorities are investigating the cause after many residents in New Hampshire, Massachusetts reported hearing a loud bang and feeling the shaking.

According to the New York Times, residents in New Hampshire and Massachusetts reported that they heard a loud noise that sounded like an explosion and felt what appeared to be a large collision on October 10. Many people thought that there was an earthquake.

However, an official from the National Earthquake Information Center, part of the US Geological Survey, said there was no evidence of earthquakes in the New England region - northeastern US - in the past week.

Some local residents even wondered if the explosion came from a meteorite or an airplane.

Mild earthquakes are common in New Hampshire. (Photo: Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock).

Dan Brian, a New Hampshire resident, told the Times: 'The loud bang shook our whole house. The explosion was accompanied by a loud noise. It's very strange'.

Dan MacDonald, commander of the New Boston Fire Department, in New Hampshire, said he heard an explosion and felt a ' slight shaking'.

Soon after, his fire department received numerous calls about explosions.

Geophysicist Jessica Turner told the Times that the absence of earthquakes in the area at the time of the incident did not rule out the possibility of a mild earthquake - which is relatively common in the US. New Hampshire.

On August 22, a 1.7 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the southwestern part of the state.

On social networks, many discussions and speculations have been made about the explosion on October 10. Paul Raymond, of New Hampshire's safety agency, told the Times that more than 400 people discussed the mysterious explosion on volcanodiscovery.com, where users can report seismic activity.