5 Things You Need to Know About the Meteor That Lit Up Boston
- A massive fireball streaked across the Boston skyline at 11:50 PM, triggering a 2.0 magnitude seismic event detected by the United States Geological Survey.
- The meteor boston event was captured on doorbell cameras and traffic cams, showing a brilliant green flash followed by a sonic boom that rattled windows from Fenway to Cambridge.
- NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office confirms the object entered the atmosphere at 33,000 miles per hour, breaking into fragments over the Charles River.
- Local emergency services received over 200 calls in 10 minutes, with reports of small debris found in suburban yards near Newton and Watertown.
- Experts say such a bright meteor is a rare occurrence for the metro-Boston area, possibly originating from the Taurid meteor stream, with potential remnants being sought by local universities.