NASA said the energy released when the meteor broke up was equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT.

Residents from New Hampshire down to Rhode Island heard a loud boom, some even reporting their entire house shaking.

Local authorities have not yet confirmed the cause of the sound, and it remains unclear whether it was linked to an ...

The meteor streaked across the region around 2 p.m., according to NASA, hurtling into Earth’s atmosphere at a speed of roughly 75,000 miles per hour.