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CMEs generate plasma shock waves in space, similar to the sonic boom caused by aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound in Earth's atmosphere. The solar wind's equivalent of a sonic boom in the solar-system plasma medium can accelerate protons up to millions of miles per minute – as much as 40 percent of the speed of light. [10]
The U.S.G.S., which monitors earthquake activity, said no quake had struck and confirmed that a probable sonic boom had occurred near Hammonton, New Jersey. Tremors in US Northeast caused by sonic ...
Some maneuvers, diving, acceleration, or turning, can cause the focus of the boom. Other maneuvers, such as deceleration and climbing, can reduce the strength of the shock. In some instances, weather conditions can distort sonic booms. [6] Depending on the aircraft's altitude, sonic booms reach the ground 2 to 60 seconds after flyover.
Both an earthquake and sonic boom shook parts of the Treasure Coast Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.. About three hours apart, the magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck at about 10:48 p.m ...
According to the U.S. Air Force website, a sonic boom can sound like thunder and is typically caused by a jet moving faster than sound, “about 750 miles per hour at sea level.”
The earthquake caused by the rock slide was followed almost immediately by a sonic boom. Soon afterward a granite dust mushroom cloud formed over Happy Isles. The immense pressure created at the base of the rock slide blew down giant pine trees. Afterwards the nearby campground tables and trees were covered with a thick coat of granite dust.
An Air Force sonic boom fact sheet describes it as a “noise similar to thunder.” “It is caused by an object moving faster than sound — about 750 miles per hour at sea level,” it states.
In seismology, a supershear earthquake is when the propagation of the rupture along the fault surface occurs at speeds in excess of the seismic shear wave (S wave) velocity. This causes an effect analogous to a sonic boom. [1]