Meteor streaks through sky over Statue of Liberty in NYC. Videos show fireball amid reports of boom, shaking.
NEW YORK -- Did you see that? Several people reported seeing a meteor streak across the sky Tuesday in New York City, along with a loud boom and shaking buildings.
NASA said initial reports suggest the daylight fireball passed over the Statue of Liberty before moving west into New Jersey.
Social media users report loud boom
Some people on social media reported a loud boom and wondered if there had been an earthquake.
New York City Councilman Justin Brannan wrote, "Folks from the Jersey Shore to the West Side of Manhattan reported hearing a sonic boom."
"I personally spoke with NYC Emergency Management and there is nothing on their radar. USGS says no earthquake. Some say maybe a meteor?" he posted on Facebook.
"The boom may have been caused by a fireball"
NASA's Meteoroid Environments Office said initial reports suggest the fireball was first seen over New York City, then passed over the Statue of Liberty at 38,000 miles per hour and traveled west into New Jersey, where it broke up over Mountainside in Union County.
"The boom may have been caused by a fireball," NASA's Meteoroid Environments Office Lead William J. Cooke said Wednesday. "We definitely know there was a fireball over New York City at 11:17 a.m. yesterday, right around lunchtime, and that the fireball was caused by a small piece of an asteroid about a foot across."
Cooke noted the initial trajectory was based on eyewitness accounts that had not been verified by camera or satellite data. He also said no meteorites were found, and military activity in the area may have caused the shaking.
The New York City area sees a daylight fireball every year or two, according to Cooke.
Videos capture meteor in Connecticut & New Jersey
Videos posted on the American Meteor Society website show a flash of light streaking through the sky in Northford, Connecticut and Wayne, New Jersey.
The organization said it received dozens of reports about the fireball around 11:15 a.m. from the Tri-State Area and parts of Delaware, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
