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US Homes Shake as Meteor Explodes With Force of 300 Tons of TNT
A meteor crashing toward Earth exploded over the northeastern United States on Saturday, NASA said , setting off booms that echoed over the region with a blast equivalent to 300 tons of TNT.
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A meteor crashing toward Earth exploded over the northeastern United States on Saturday, NASA said , setting off booms that echoed over the region with a blast equivalent to 300 tons of TNT. The fireball broke up over northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire at 2:06 pm (18:06 GMT), the US space agency's deputy news chief Jennifer Dooren told AFP in a statement.
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