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A thunderous bang was heard across parts of the Northwest Coast on Saturday. A Facebook post asked if anyone had heard an explosion at 2 a.m. People from Waratah, Wynyard, Burnie and Somerset responded to the post. Richard Medap wrote, “I saw a bright flash that lit up the sky about two o’clock in the morning in Wynyard.” “I broke my bedroom window in West Morville,” Nate Richards replied. “I went over Warata. I smashed the window,” Judith Summers wrote. Val Fleming, a resident of Warata, said her window was broken after hearing and waking up to a loud roaring and shaking of windows. “It was clearly not thunder, I know what thunder sounds like,” she said. “It could have been an earthquake or a bang.” I’ve never heard anything like it in my life.” Friends in Warata, Stauport and Wynyard all told her they heard the noise too. Tasmanian Police A Tasmanian police spokesperson said there was one report of a strong explosion from Wynyard around 2am. “It is believed to be a meteor and it is believed there was Four-second blast from Burnie Road.” . “The Australian Space Agency has been contacted. Geoscience Australia confirmed there was no earthquake activity in Tasmania early Saturday morning. What do you think about the noise? Have your say by sending us a message to the editor using the form below.
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A thunderous bang was heard across parts of the Northwest Coast on Saturday.
Similar eruption: Mystery surrounds the noise and noise that was being heard across areas in the northwest, including Waratah. Photo: Brodie Weeding
A Facebook post asked if anyone had heard an explosion at 2 a.m.
People from Waratah, Wynyard, Burnie and Somerset responded to the post.
Richard Medap wrote, “I saw a bright flash that lit up the sky about two o’clock in the morning in Wynyard.”
“I broke my bedroom window in West Morville,” Nate Richards replied.
“I went over Warata. I smashed the window,” Judith Summers wrote.
Val Fleming, a resident of Warata, said her window was broken after hearing and waking up to a loud roaring and shaking of windows.
“It was clearly not thunder, I know what thunder sounds like,” she said.
“It could have been an earthquake or a bang.
“I’ve never heard anything like this in my life.”
She said friends in Warata, Stauport, and Wynyard all told her they heard the noise, too.
Tasmanian police said there was one report of a strong bang from Wynyard around 2am.
“It is believed to be a meteorite and a four-second explosion is believed to have occurred from Burnie Road,” a Tasmanian police spokesman said.
“Burney’s units didn’t find anything.”
The Australian Space Agency has been contacted.
Geoscience Australia confirmed there was no earthquake activity in Tasmania early Saturday morning.
What do you think about the noise? Share your opinion by sending us a message to the editor using the form below.
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