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| ⚫ | A '''skyquake''' is a phenomenon where a loud banging sound is reported to originate from the sky. The sound may cause noticeable vibration in the ceiling or across a particular room. Those who experience skyquakes typically do not have a clear explanation for what caused them and they are perceived as mysterious. |
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They have been heard in several locations around the world, including the banks of the river [[Ganges]], Marwadi/Marawadi (मरवड़ी/मराड़ी) village in [[Himachal Pradesh]], the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] and inland [[Finger Lakes]] of the United States, the city of Hudson, Wisconsin, the [[Magic Valley]] in |
They have been heard in several locations around the world, including the banks of the river [[Ganges]], Marwadi/Marawadi (मरवड़ी/मराड़ी) village in [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Hanswar]], Uttar Pradesh, the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] and inland [[Finger Lakes]] of the United States, the city of Hudson, Wisconsin, the [[Magic Valley]] in south-central Idaho, the Municipality of Anchorage and Southcentral Alaska, Colombia, Southern Canada, as well as areas of the [[North Sea]], [[Japan]], [[Finland]], [[Australia]], [[Italy]], [[Ireland]], [[India]], [[The Netherlands]], [[Norway]], Tierra del Fuego in [[Argentina]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Mexico]] and [[Indonesia]] (particularly [[Jakarta]] and [[Java]]). |
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==Local names== |
==Local names== |
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* [[France]]: "'''bombes de mer'''", "'''canons de mer'''". |
* [[France]]: "'''bombes de mer'''", "'''canons de mer'''". |
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*[[Indonesia]]: '''''dentuman''''' (lit: "clatter") or '''''suara tembakan meriam''''' (lit: "the sound of [[cannon]] fire"). |
*[[Indonesia]]: '''''dentuman''''' (lit: "clatter") or '''''suara tembakan meriam''''' (lit: "the sound of [[cannon]] fire"). |
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*[[Italy]]: "'''brontidi'''", "'''marina'''", "'''balza'''", "'''lagoni'''", "'''bomba'''", "'''rombo'''", "'''boato'''", "'''bonnito'''", "'''mugghio'''", "'''baturlio'''", "'''tromba'''", "'''rufa'''". |
*[[Italy]]: "'''brontidi'''", "'''marina'''", "'''balza'''", "'''lagoni'''", "'''bomba'''", "'''rombo'''", "'''boato'''", "'''bonnito'''", "'''mugghio'''", "'''baturlio'''", "'''tromba'''", "'''rufa'''".<ref>Eraldo Baldini, "Tenebrosa Romagna", Il Ponte Vecchio, 2014, p. 21.</ref><ref>William R. Corliss, ''Earthquakes, Tides, Unidentified Sounds, and related phenomena'' (The Sourcebook Project, 1983).</ref> |
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*[[Japan]]: "'''uminari'''" (literally, "cries from the sea") |
*[[Japan]]: "'''uminari'''" (literally, "cries from the sea") |
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*[[Netherlands]] and [[Belgium]]: "'''mistpoeffers'''", "'''zeepoeffers'''", "'''zeedoffers'''", "'''mistbommen'''", "'''gonzen'''", "'''balken'''", "'''onderaardse geruchten'''".<ref>M.G.J.Minnaert, ''De Natuurkunde van 't Vrije Veld'', Deel 2: ''Geluid, Warmte, Elektriciteit'', § 48: ''Mistpoeffers'', bladzijden 63-64.</ref> |
*[[Netherlands]] and [[Belgium]]: "'''mistpoeffers'''", "'''zeepoeffers'''", "'''zeedoffers'''", "'''mistbommen'''", "'''gonzen'''", "'''balken'''", "'''onderaardse geruchten'''".<ref>M.G.J.Minnaert, ''De Natuurkunde van 't Vrije Veld'', Deel 2: ''Geluid, Warmte, Elektriciteit'', § 48: ''Mistpoeffers'', bladzijden 63-64.</ref> |
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*elsewhere: "'''fog guns'''", "'''mistpouffers'''", "'''waterguns'''" |
*elsewhere: "'''fog guns'''", "'''mistpouffers'''", "'''waterguns'''" |
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They have been reported from an Adriatic island in 1824; [[Western Australia]], [[South Australia]] and [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] in Australia; [[Belgium]]; frequently on calm summer days in the [[Bay of Fundy]] |
They have been reported from an Adriatic island in 1824; [[Western Australia]], [[South Australia]] and [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] in Australia; [[Belgium]]; frequently on calm summer days in the [[Bay of Fundy]] and [[Passamaquoddy Bay]], [[New Brunswick]], Canada; [[Lough Neagh]] in [[Northern Ireland]]; [[Scotland]]; [[Cedar Keys]], [[Florida]]; [[Franklinville (town), New York|Franklinville]], New York in 1896; and northern [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite book| |
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title=Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events| |
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Their sound has been described as being like distant but inordinately loud thunder while no clouds are in the sky large enough to generate lightning. Those familiar with the sound of cannon fire say the sound is nearly identical. The booms occasionally cause shock waves that rattle plates. Early white settlers in North America were told by the native Haudenosaunee [[Iroquois]] that the booms were the sound of the [[Great Spirit]] continuing his work of shaping the earth. |
Their sound has been described as being like distant but inordinately loud thunder while no clouds are in the sky large enough to generate lightning. Those familiar with the sound of cannon fire say the sound is nearly identical. The booms occasionally cause shock waves that rattle plates. Early white settlers in North America were told by the native Haudenosaunee [[Iroquois]] that the booms were the sound of the [[Great Spirit]] continuing his work of shaping the earth.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} |
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The terms "mistpouffers" and "Seneca guns" both originate in Seneca Lake, NY, and refer to the rumble of [[artillery]] fire. [[James Fenimore Cooper]], author of ''[[The Last of the Mohicans]],'' wrote "[[The Lake Gun]]" in 1850, a short story describing the phenomenon heard at Seneca Lake, which seems to have popularized the terms. |
The terms "mistpouffers" and "Seneca guns" both originate in Seneca Lake, NY, and refer to the rumble of [[artillery]] fire. [[James Fenimore Cooper]], author of ''[[The Last of the Mohicans]],'' wrote "[[The Lake Gun]]" in 1850, a short story describing the phenomenon heard at Seneca Lake, which seems to have popularized the terms. |
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==Hypotheses== |
==Hypotheses== |
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Their origin has not been positively identified. They have been explained as: |
Their origin has not been positively identified. They have been explained as: |
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*[[Coronal mass ejection]] CMEs often generate shock waves similar to what happens when an aircraft flies at a speed higher than the speed of sound in Earth's atmosphere ([[sonic boom]]). The solar wind's equivalent of a sonic boom can accelerate protons up to millions of miles per minute—as much as 40 percent of the speed of light. |
*[[Coronal mass ejection]] CMEs often generate shock waves similar to what happens when an aircraft flies at a speed higher than the speed of sound in Earth's atmosphere ([[sonic boom]]). The solar wind's equivalent of a sonic boom can accelerate protons up to millions of miles per minute—as much as 40 percent of the speed of light.{{cn|date=May 2024}} |
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*[[Meteor]]s entering the atmosphere causing sonic booms. |
*[[Meteor]]s entering the atmosphere causing sonic booms.<ref name=nsgs/> |
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*Gas: |
*Gas: |
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**Gas escaping from vents in the Earth's surface. |
**Gas escaping from vents in the Earth's surface.{{cn|date=May 2024}} |
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**With lakes, [[bio gas]] from decaying vegetation trapped beneath the lake bottoms suddenly bursting forth. This is plausible, since [[Cayuga Lake]] and [[Seneca Lake (New York)|Seneca Lake]] are |
**With lakes, [[bio gas]] from decaying vegetation trapped beneath the lake bottoms suddenly bursting forth. This is plausible, since [[Cayuga Lake]] and [[Seneca Lake (New York)|Seneca Lake]] are large and deep lakes.{{cn|date=May 2024}} |
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**Explosive release of less volatile gases generated as limestone decays in underwater caves. |
**Explosive release of less volatile gases generated as limestone decays in underwater caves.{{cn|date=May 2024}} |
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*Military aircraft creating sonic booms (though this origin cannot explain occurrences before [[supersonic]] flight started). |
*Military aircraft creating sonic booms (though this origin cannot explain occurrences before [[supersonic]] flight started). |
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*Shallow earthquakes can generate sound waves with little ground vibration. The "booming" sound is heard only in a localized area around the epicenter.<ref>[https:// |
*Shallow earthquakes can generate sound waves with little ground vibration. The "booming" sound is heard only in a localized area around the epicenter.<ref name=nsgs>[https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/earthquake-booms-seneca-guns-and-other-sounds Earthquake Booms, Seneca Guns, and Other Sounds, usgs.gov, 2013-10-29]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2012/03/milkshakes-unusual-earthquakes-in-wisconsin/ |
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|title=Milkshakes: unusual earthquakes strike Wisconsin |
|title=Milkshakes: unusual earthquakes strike Wisconsin |
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| author7=Menas Kafatos |
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| author8=Patrick Taylor |
| author8=Patrick Taylor |
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| title=Atmosphere-Ionosphere Response to the M9 Tohoku Earthquake Revealed by |
| title=Atmosphere-Ionosphere Response to the M9 Tohoku Earthquake Revealed by Joined Satellite and Ground Observations. Preliminary results |
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* Volcanic eruptions |
* Volcanic eruptions |
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* [[Weather]] |
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* [[Earthquake]] |
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* Avalanches, either natural or human-made for [[avalanche control]]. |
* Avalanches, either natural or human-made for [[avalanche control]]. |
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* [[Atmospheric duct |
* [[Atmospheric duct]]ing where distant [[thunder]] or other sounds are propagated across long distances due to travel through distinct atmospheric layers.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wilson|first1=D. Keith|last2=Noble|first2=John M.|last3=Coleman|first3=Mark A.|date=2003-10-01|title=Sound Propagation in the Nocturnal Boundary Layer|url=https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/atsc/60/20/1520-0469_2003_060_2473_spitnb_2.0.co_2.xml|journal=Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences|language=EN|volume=60|issue=20|pages=2473–2486|doi=10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<2473:SPITNB>2.0.CO;2 |issn=0022-4928|doi-access=free}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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[[Category:Unidentified sounds]] |
[[Category:Unidentified sounds]] |
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[[Category:Natural disasters]] |
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[[Category:Types of earthquake]] |
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[[Category:Unexplained phenomena]] |
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Revision as of 21:36, 11 July 2024
A skyquake is a phenomenon where a loud banging sound is reported to originate from the sky. The sound may cause noticeable vibration in the ceiling or across a particular room. Those who experience skyquakes typically do not have a clear explanation for what caused them and they are perceived as mysterious.
They have been heard in several locations around the world, including the banks of the river Ganges, Marwadi/Marawadi (मरवड़ी/मराड़ी) village in Himachal Pradesh, Hanswar, Uttar Pradesh, the East Coast and inland Finger Lakes of the United States, the city of Hudson, Wisconsin, the Magic Valley in south-central Idaho, the Municipality of Anchorage and Southcentral Alaska, Colombia, Southern Canada, as well as areas of the North Sea, Japan, Finland, Australia, Italy, Ireland, India, The Netherlands, Norway, Tierra del Fuego in Argentina, the United Kingdom, Mexico and Indonesia (particularly Jakarta and Java).
Local names
Names (according to area) are:
- Bangladesh: Barisal Guns[1]
- France: "bombes de mer", "canons de mer".
- Indonesia: dentuman (lit: "clatter") or suara tembakan meriam (lit: "the sound of cannon fire").
- Italy: "brontidi", "marina", "balza", "lagoni", "bomba", "rombo", "boato", "bonnito", "mugghio", "baturlio", "tromba", "rufa".[2][3]
- Japan: "uminari" (literally, "cries from the sea")
- Netherlands and Belgium: "mistpoeffers", "zeepoeffers", "zeedoffers", "mistbommen", "gonzen", "balken", "onderaardse geruchten".[4]
- Philippines and Iran: "retumbos"
- United States: "Guns of the Seneca" around Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake, Seneca guns in the Southeast US
- Latin America and Spain: "cielomoto"
- elsewhere: "fog guns", "mistpouffers", "waterguns"
They have been reported from an Adriatic island in 1824; Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria in Australia; Belgium; frequently on calm summer days in the Bay of Fundy and Passamaquoddy Bay, New Brunswick, Canada; Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland; Scotland; Cedar Keys, Florida; Franklinville, New York in 1896; and northern Georgia in the United States.[5]
Their sound has been described as being like distant but inordinately loud thunder while no clouds are in the sky large enough to generate lightning. Those familiar with the sound of cannon fire say the sound is nearly identical. The booms occasionally cause shock waves that rattle plates. Early white settlers in North America were told by the native Haudenosaunee Iroquois that the booms were the sound of the Great Spirit continuing his work of shaping the earth.[citation needed]
The terms "mistpouffers" and "Seneca guns" both originate in Seneca Lake, NY, and refer to the rumble of artillery fire. James Fenimore Cooper, author of The Last of the Mohicans, wrote "The Lake Gun" in 1850, a short story describing the phenomenon heard at Seneca Lake, which seems to have popularized the terms.
Hypotheses
Their origin has not been positively identified. They have been explained as:
- Coronal mass ejection CMEs often generate shock waves similar to what happens when an aircraft flies at a speed higher than the speed of sound in Earth's atmosphere (sonic boom). The solar wind's equivalent of a sonic boom can accelerate protons up to millions of miles per minute—as much as 40 percent of the speed of light.[citation needed]
- Meteors entering the atmosphere causing sonic booms.[6]
- Gas:
- Gas escaping from vents in the Earth's surface.[citation needed]
- With lakes, bio gas from decaying vegetation trapped beneath the lake bottoms suddenly bursting forth. This is plausible, since Cayuga Lake and Seneca Lake are large and deep lakes.[citation needed]
- Explosive release of less volatile gases generated as limestone decays in underwater caves.[citation needed]
- Military aircraft creating sonic booms (though this origin cannot explain occurrences before supersonic flight started).
- Shallow earthquakes can generate sound waves with little ground vibration. The "booming" sound is heard only in a localized area around the epicenter.[6][7]
- Underwater caves collapsing, and the air rapidly rising to the surface.
- Possible resonance from solar and/or earth magnetic activity inducing sounds.[8]
- Volcanic eruptions
- Weather
- Earthquake
- Avalanches, either natural or human-made for avalanche control.
- Atmospheric ducting where distant thunder or other sounds are propagated across long distances due to travel through distinct atmospheric layers.[9]
See also
- Bell Island Boom, attributed to a lightning superbolt
- List of meteor air bursts
- List of unexplained sounds
- Electrophonic hearing
References
- ^ T.D. LaTouche, "On the Sounds Known as Barisal Guns", Report (1890-8) of the annual meeting By British Association for the Advancement of Science, Issue 60, pp. 800.
- ^ Eraldo Baldini, "Tenebrosa Romagna", Il Ponte Vecchio, 2014, p. 21.
- ^ William R. Corliss, Earthquakes, Tides, Unidentified Sounds, and related phenomena (The Sourcebook Project, 1983).
- ^ M.G.J.Minnaert, De Natuurkunde van 't Vrije Veld, Deel 2: Geluid, Warmte, Elektriciteit, § 48: Mistpoeffers, bladzijden 63-64.
- ^ Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events. 1899. p. 440.
- ^ a b Earthquake Booms, Seneca Guns, and Other Sounds, usgs.gov, 2013-10-29
- ^ "Milkshakes: unusual earthquakes strike Wisconsin". Ars Technica. 2013-02-25. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
- ^ Dimitar Ouzounov; Sergey Pulinets; Alexey Romanov; Alexander Romanov; Konstantin Tsybulya; Dimitri Davidenko; Menas Kafatos; Patrick Taylor (2011). "Atmosphere-Ionosphere Response to the M9 Tohoku Earthquake Revealed by Joined Satellite and Ground Observations. Preliminary results". arXiv:1105.2841 [physics.geo-ph].
- ^ Wilson, D. Keith; Noble, John M.; Coleman, Mark A. (2003-10-01). "Sound Propagation in the Nocturnal Boundary Layer". Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 60 (20): 2473–2486. doi:10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<2473:SPITNB>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-4928.