The talk all around New Jersey is about the sonic boom that rocked the coastline Thursday afternoon. The U.S. Geological Survey got the word out that it was not an earthquake. But what causes a sonic ...

The release of pressure after a shockwave is the roaring noise people hear. — -- Southern New Jersey was rocked by a sonic boom this afternoon, and no one has yet to claim responsibility for the ...

Folks on both sides of the Delaware Bay reported hearing a loud shaking Monday night. So many people were shook by the sound that people in New Jersey and Delaware began Googling if an earthquake had ...

A SpaceX rocket is seen sprinting across the night sky in Santa Clarita on Saturday. (Austin Knoblauch / Los Angeles Times) No, that wasn't an earthquake. A sonic boom caused by a SpaceX cargo vessel ...

A SpaceX spacecraft has caused a sonic boom over California as it returned to Earth's atmosphere, and some on social media initially mistook the sound for an earthquake. One even thought a bomb had ...

Today, many military aircraft can break the sound barrier to enter supersonic flight. Certain commercial models can as well, including the Concorde, which is famous for its record-breaking flights. As ...