The explosion caused meteorites to pass through the sky in the United States, suspected of causing earthquakes

The vibrations caused by meteorite explosions resemble earthquake vibrations, confusing many Michigan residents.

The feeling of the earth shaking when one, the United States, and some neighborhoods on January 16 were in fact not earthquakes, but vibrations caused by meteor explosions, Live Science reported.

When meteorites plunged down, many people saw bright light shining in the sky with a loud sound and the earth shaking."People described it as an explosion, and that's what the seismograph noted , " explains John Bellini, a geophysicist at the US National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC).

Seismic seismic seizures not from earthquakes sometimes also occur, such as vibrations from thunderstorms, the construction of large buildings, even from trucks moving on the highway, Bellini said. Earthquakes also rarely occur in Michigan.

In this case, the sound or the sound waves emitted from the meteorite are recorded by a nearby seismic, creating strong vibrations equivalent to an earthquake of 2 Richter scale. However, this figure does not represent the level of meteorite energy released when crossing the sky.

The bright light flashed in the sky with a loud sound and the ground shook.

"There is no way to determine the true energy from an overhead explosion using a seismometer. They are not designed to measure vibrations from the air , " Bellini said.

This is not the first time a meteor crashed, causing the ground to shake. plunging through the Russian sky on February 15, 2013 once caused a strong tremor equivalent to a 4.2-magnitude earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).