{"id":176437,"date":"2023-06-04T20:40:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T20:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=176437"},"modified":"2023-06-04T20:40:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T20:40:12","slug":"explosion-is-heard-in-dc-that-shakes-the-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/explosion-is-heard-in-dc-that-shakes-the-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"&apos;Explosion&apos; is heard in DC that shakes the ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&#8216;Where was the warning?!&#8217; Furious residents of DC, Maryland and Virginia are left frightened after sonic boom from Pentagon jet rattles windows and doors on Sunday afternoon<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>An authorized military drill caused a loud &#8216;explosion&#8217; sound in the Washington DC area that shook houses and caused widespread panic<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>At around the same time, a plane crashed into the mountainous areas of Virginia\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Social media users reported hearing a huge &#8216;bang&#8217; in the city, with some saying it shook their homes<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An authorized military drill caused a loud &#8216;explosion&#8217; sound in the Washington D.C. area that shook houses and caused widespread panic.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say the source of the loud boom at around 3.30pm Sunday was simply an F-16 fighter plane breaking the sound barrier during military drills over the Chesapeake Bay.<\/p>\n<p>The drills were apparently routine, and were not the result of any military emergency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At around the same time, the Federal Aviation Administration says, a Cessna aircraft crashed into a mountainous region of Virginia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft took off from Elizabethton, Tennessee and was on its way to Long Island New York. It is unclear if the two instances were related.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the loud sound heard for miles frightened some social media users who said it shook their homes.<\/p>\n<p>And multiple agencies received an onslaught of calls about the noise, which was heard as far as away as Annapolis, Maryland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, some residents of DC, Maryland and Virginia are upset there was no warning about the military drill.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/04\/20\/71754781-12158275-image-a-7_1685907491766.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dozens of people reported hearing a huge &#8216;bang&#8217; or &#8216;explosion&#8217; in DC &#8211; that shook the ground and was compared to an earthquake<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/04\/21\/71755195-12158275-image-a-8_1685908917621.jpg\" height=\"212\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Annapolis Office of Emergency Management said the loud sound was caused by an authorized Department of Defense flight<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If that was really a sonic boom that was just felt across Maryland and Virginia the government has some serious explaining to do and a pilot needs dishonorably discharged immediately,&#8217; Matt Cox wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was loud enough to shake my f****** coffee table. Thank God there isn&#8217;t an infant in the house.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Some online said they were afraid to go outside in the aftermath, while others said whatever the source of the noise was it can&#8217;t be good.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There was an explosion in Washington DC a couple of minutes ago. It seems to have been heard in a large area of the city,&#8217; Hussein Ibish tweeted. &#8216;I have no idea what happened, but it&#8217;s not good.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Erica Petacchi added that she had just gotten out of her car when she heard the noise and &#8216;felt something.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s like nothing I&#8217;ve experienced before,&#8217; she tweeted. &#8216;I thought it was a large gas explosion nearby.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/04\/20\/71754585-12158275-image-a-5_1685907484446.jpg\" height=\"211\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/04\/20\/71754575-12158275-image-a-4_1685907473812.jpg\" height=\"182\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/04\/20\/71754573-12158275-image-a-6_1685907487959.jpg\" height=\"205\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/04\/20\/71754583-12158275-image-a-3_1685907470310.jpg\" height=\"187\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Social media users reported hearing\u00a0a huge &#8216;bang&#8217; 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