A meteor that exploded off the coast of Massachusetts set off a loud boom equivalent to 300 tons of TNT, NASA said.

Residents reported a sharp boom and shaking homes after a meteor fragmented high over New England, NASA said.

The USGS noted the event was a "widely felt sonic boom from a suspected bolide," referring to a meteor that explodes in the atmosphere.

Footage shows a dog being spooked by the sound and jumping up off a couch.

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A loud boom was heard across Southern New England Saturday afternoon.

Seismometers caught a rare meteor blast over Cape Cod Bay, giving Woods Hole scientists a unique look at the explosion.

NASA said the energy released when the meteor broke up was equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT.

Meteor was travelling at 75,000 miles per hour (more than 120,000 km/h) at an altitude of 40 miles when it broke apart ...