Tuesday, 27 June 2017

Huge meteor spotted in the Hunter last night

BY IAN CROUCH and JESSICA ROUSE

Hundreds of Hunter residents have reported seeing a huge meteor stream across the night sky.

More than 500 people took to social media to describe what they thought was a shooting star or a giant fireball at around 9pm which lasted for several seconds before burning out.

Geoscience Australia also received reports of a loud bang and windows rattling at around the same time.

There were another three tremors just south of Muswellbrook last night - the largest measuring 2.1 on the Richter scale. This adds to the 5 other tremors recorded in the area since Sunday morning.

There are also reports of a tremor at Port Macquarie yesterday afternoon measuring a magnitude of less than 3.

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