On Saturday, a 0.3 kiloton equivalent explosion in the atmosphere offshore of Massachusetts created a powerful shockwave that was heard and felt by millions. This was not human caused, but rather due to a small asteroid exploding in the mesosphere. Today's video discusses the meteor/bolide, and if it has any relation to similar recent events in New York and South Carolina last week. Estimates on asteroid diameter, frequency of similar or larger magnitude events in terms of energy release, and tnt energy equivalent were sourced using the calculator at https://impact.ese.ic.ac.uk/ImpactEarth/ImpactEffects/, which was used with permission. If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: http://patreon.com/geologyhub) (YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeGh5VML5XPr5jYnzh3J6g/join) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at [email protected] and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Sources/Citations: [1] NASA [2] Planetary Science [3] NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory [4] U.S. Geological Survey [5] Collins, Gareth & Lynch, Elliot & McAdam, Ronan & Davison, Thomas. (2017). A numerical assessment of simple airblast models of impact airbursts. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 52. 10.1111/maps.12873., CC BY 4.0. 0:00 0.3 Kiloton Explosion 0:51 Meteor Speed 1:21 Meteor Composition 2:02 Meteor Size 2:31 Apparent Magnitude 2:51 Event Rarity 3:25 South Carolina & New York Events