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Uk. Sheffield. S11 9hq · 2020-06-22 · from the WORLDHUMMAP archive

A low hum in Uk. Sheffield. S11 9hq

A low rumble. For ages I thought it was from roadworks that happened during the night when they were digging up a nearby road. But then realised the roadworks had stopped but the sound hadn’t. The hum continued during the covid 19 lockdown when there was hardly any traffic on the roads.

What they reported

First noticed: 2019

Pitch: 50 hz

Loudest: During the night

Where: Indoors

Symptoms: Sense of vibration

What stood out: a low humrumbling

 

Others who described something like this

2018-08-16

It's a deep, rumbling sound that is similar to a running diesel engine, or music with a deep bass being played. Although it helps to play music/put on a fan to drown out the hum, putting my

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2021-08-12

Low frequency but extremely annoying disturbing noise very hard to describe it used to weekends midnight now its every night and it wakes me up every midni2and morning. Its like massive MUSI

both described a low hum · rumbling · 40 km away

2019-07-26

Low frequency rumbling sounds like it is machinery running in the distance or at first I thought it must be a tumble dryer or similar running in another house. It started about a month ago (

both described a low hum · rumbling · 101 km away

2024-10-29

Constant low but distinct, penetrating, background rumbling droning noise which surges/pulses similar but not the same as a parked car or lorry engine idling in the near distance. Can hear e

both described a low hum · rumbling · 109 km away

2020-01-08

low rumbling noise like a big truck idling outside my house Playing the hum s207.mp3 as white noise makes my shoulders drop and my stress decrease. It's the closest to an anti-hum that ther

both described a low hum · rumbling · 223 km away

2019-05-15

Low frequency, rumbling hum, almost sounds like the noise of a large distant war plane I first noticed this sound when I was about half way through pregnancy with my first (and only) child.

both described a low hum · rumbling · 172 km away

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This is a Hum report from Dr Glen MacPherson's World Hum Map, an open, worldwide record of people who hear an unexplained low-frequency hum. Reproduced with permission and with thanks; the project is at thehum.info. We remove anything on request. Location shown is approximate.