EQ Is it normal to hear a boom overhead during an EQ?

[Cowgirl4christ]

So, evidently there was a 2.8 earthquake just west of St Louis yesterday and people keep saying they heard a loud boom overhead at the same time things shook for what have been less than 15 seconds. Is that normal? I didn’t feel it, but some people near me did. Listen to what people are saying…. This is the news report…

‘The house literally shook’: St. Louis area reacts to earthquake

No, it wasn’t thunder. A magnitude 2.8 earthquake hit near St. Louis around 5:30 p.m. Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

fox2now.com

 

[Kris Gandillon]

It was 9 miles east of us. We heard and felt it.

 

[Lone_Hawk]

Yes, that happens. Sometimes people hear the booms but never feel the quake.

 

[Babs]

I have heard a low rumble during an EQ, but not a 'boom'.

 

[summerthyme]

It was a meteor...

Summerthyme

 

[night driver]

ANOTHER Bolide??

We have had 2-3 of them in the past couple of weeks...

 

[33dInd]

I heard a boom one here in central Oklahoma from an earthquake. I think it 2015

 

[West]

I heard a boom one here in central Oklahoma from an earthquake. I think it 2015

Me too. Heard it twice though, one a year or two later. Cause we had a couple good shakes in our AO. 4.0 or there about.

And all of the quakes I've felt from living in California for over 35 years...none of them came with a boom. Besides the house making noises or the sounds of birds/dogs freaking out. No booms.

 

[Seeker22]

Some oligarch's bunker blew up?

 

[20Gauge]

So, evidently there was a 2.8 earthquake just west of St Louis yesterday and people keep saying they heard a loud boom overhead at the same time things shook for what have been less than 15 seconds. Is that normal? I didn’t feel it, but some people near me did. Listen to what people are saying…. This is the news report…

‘The house literally shook’: St. Louis area reacts to earthquake

No, it wasn’t thunder. A magnitude 2.8 earthquake hit near St. Louis around 5:30 p.m. Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

fox2now.com

Yes. Quite frequent in California. Booms all the time.

 

[Publius]

There are many reports of seeing lighting just before an earthquake.