What is that mysterious booming sound?
Seismological Research Letters
By: David P. Hill
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Abstract
The residents of coastal North Carolina are occasionally treated to sequences of booming sounds of unknown origin. The sounds are often energetic enough to rattle windows and doors. A recent sequence occurred in early January 2011 during clear weather with no evidence of local thunder storms. Queries by a local reporter (Colin Hackman of the NBC affiliate WETC in Wilmington, North Carolina, personal communication 2011) seemed to eliminate common anthropogenic sources such as sonic booms or quarry blasts. So the commonly asked question, “What's making these booming sounds?” remained (and remains) unanswered.
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Hill, D.P., 2011, What is that mysterious booming sound?: Seismological Research Letters, v. 82, no. 5, p. 619-622, https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.82.5.619.
ISSN: 1938-2057 (online)
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | What is that mysterious booming sound? |
| Series title | Seismological Research Letters |
| DOI | 10.1785/gssrl.82.5.619 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Publication Date | September 02, 2011 |
| Year Published | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Seismological Society of America |
| Contributing office(s) | Volcano Science Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Seismological Research Letters |
| First page | 619 |
| Last page | 622 |