About Sonic Boom
A sonic boom is the sound associated with the shock waves created whenever an object travelling through the air travels faster than the speed of sound. Sonic booms generate enormous amounts of sound energy, sounding similar to an explosion or a thunderclap to the human ear.
Loud bang prompts calls to Leicestershire Police
... Leicestershire Police said there was " no concern" following reports it was a Sonic Boom caused by aircraft...
Sonic boom as jets intercept aircraft with lost radio contact
...Typhoons can travel at twice the speed of sound Two Royal Air Force Typhoons caused Sonic Booms as they went to intercept an aircraft which had lost its radio contact over south-east England...
Sonic boom: People woken by loud noise which 'shook houses'
...Typhoons can travel at twice the speed of sound A Sonic Boom has woken people and shaken houses across parts of London and the northern Home Counties...
Homes shake as Cornwall hit by earthquake
... Radio Cornwall producer Rebecca Wills, from Helston, added: There was a low rumble and there was like a Sonic Boom...
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