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USA, Norfolk · 2021-11-27 · from the WORLDHUMMAP archive

Boom in USA, Norfolk

Large truck idling in the near distance I have been hearing “skyquake” (high-pitched trumpet sounds) sounds throughout Maryland, DC, Northern and Southeastern Virginia since 2013.I heard them frequently until about 2016. It has become more rare in recent years.

What they reported

First noticed: 2020

Pitch: 33hz

Loudest: During the night

Where: Equal indoors and outdoors

Changes with weather: Not remarkably

What stood out: boom

 

Others who described something like this

1987-07-15

I have never told this to anyone because I didn't want to hear the jokes, but it was mid July 1987. I was heading toward the beach in my sports car, top down music blasting. It was around 8:

both described boom · 265 km away

2021-03-06

A booming sort of tone, manifesting at various volumes, usually pulsing. At its loudest and most continuous, it resembles a car engine running with the choke out. To clarify an earlier answe

both described boom · on the other side of the country

2020-10-31

10 of us rented a cabin in the woods Thursday Oct 29th thru Sunday Nov 1st. It was located in Logan Ohio part of Hocking Hills area. Everything was normal till Friday. We all started smellin

both described boom · 607 km away

2006-01-17

Me and my mother were in the kitchen washing dishes around 11:30p.m. around thanksgiving 2004. We heard a loud BANG! on the far side of the house . Me and my mother just looked at each other

both described boom · 610 km away

1997-04-15

I am a night owl. A few weeks back, I was working on my computer, it was about 2 in the morning. I live in an apartment complex on east side of Kent, Ohio. Next to the complex, there are alo

both described boom · 644 km away

2020-08-18

This report was taken from an official MWCD (Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District) Park Ranger - Incident Call Record Report #CL-21-010216. Field notes filed on August 18th, 2020 at 22:5

both described boom · 669 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.