In 2021, an F-16 jet corrected course while flying over central Illinois, creating a large sonic boom as it broke the sound barrier. The sound shook neighborhoods in Illinois and Oregon, where ...

For every thousand feet of elevation, the sonic boom can be heard for an extra mile. So if a plane is traveling at 30,000 feet, the boom can be heard for a radius of 30 miles.

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 ...