Bengaluru heard loud mysterious sound, says nor sonic boom neither earthquake

A loud noise was heard across Bengaluru around 1:30 pm on Wednesday. A number of people took to the social media to share their experiences. However, the reason behind it is still not known.

Some posted saying that the noise sounded like an aftershock from an earthquake. A few others said that it felt like a jerk and the windows and doors rattled.

According to a report by The News Minute, Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao said that there has been no damage reported from anywhere in the city.

The report said there were speculations that it could be a sonic boom caused by a fighter



jet flying over Bengaluru but there was no confirmation about it either.

“We have asked the Air Force Control Room to check if this was a flight,” Rao added.

According to NASA, a sonic boom is a thunder-like noise one hears from the ground when an aircraft flies overhead "faster than the speed of sound, or supersonic.”

Karnataka State Natural Disaster Management Centre (KSNDMC) Director Srinivas Reddy said that there was no earthquake activity recorded on Wednesday in Bengaluru. “The seismometers did not capture any ground vibration as generally happens during a mild tremor,” he said.