You guys hear about the unexplained

[BoRaGard]

1. There was something on ABC news about a big mysterious boom the other day

in the Carolinas?

Could this be the same phenom? Apparently not.

Midlands public safety; a mysterious boom

It wasn’t an earthquake, Columbia, it was a sonic boom. What causes the enormous noise?
At 5:24 p.m. May 28, many people in the Columbia area heard a loud boom and felt structures shake. The U.S. Geological Survey determined it was a sonic boom, not an earthquake, though no specific cause had been reported as of May 29. A sonic boom occurs when objects travel through air faster than the speed of sound, with both supersonic aircraft and meteors capable of producing them. NASA notes that sonic booms at normal overpressure levels present minimal danger to the public, though the federal government has banned supersonic flights over land since 1973 due to public disruption. —Jordan Lawrence; May 29, 2026

https://www.postandcourier.com/columbia/news/columbia-sc-redistricting-boom-lexington-health/article_3ad61a56-2c8e-4060-9be6-1c171a7f15ed.html