Skyquakes are very real. What causes them, however, is shrouded in mystery.
Mystery ‘skyquakes’ are ripping through the world. And nobody knows why
If you’ve ever heard a loud, distant booming noise with no obvious explanation like a thunderstorm or a car backfiring, then you might have experienced a skyquake.
Skyquakes have been reported around the world and locals have different names for them in different regions.
Near Seneca Lake in New York State, they’re known as ‘Seneca guns’; in Belgium they’re called ‘mistpoeffers’; and the Japanese refer to them as ‘uminari’, which literally means ‘cries from the sea.’
Many explanations have been put forward, including solar flares, shallow earthquakes, offshore tsunamis, collapsing underwater caves and avalanches.
Others believe they’re sonic booms from military aircraft. But this can’t explain historical reports of skyquakes.
Some scientists have suggested that a type of meteor, called a bolide, could be the cause. These space rocks explode when they hit Earth’s atmosphere.
