CLEVELAND, Ohio — A 7-ton meteor that sped across the Cleveland sky at 45,000 miles per hour on Tuesday before breaking apart in a thunderous boom startled residents who feared an explosion.

What happened with the meteor that flew over Ohio and other parts of the U.S.? See videos of the moment and hear what it was like.

Thousands of people across eastern Ohio and parts of Pennsylvania heard a loud boom that NASA said was caused by a meteor entering the atmosphere on Tuesday, March 17.Dashcam footage from Matthew

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Was it thunder? A falling tree? Maybe an earthquake? Nobody was quite sure what to make of the nerve-rattling sound until the National Weather Service reported that a meteor apparently crashed through the atmosphere,

NASA confirmed a loud boom in Cleveland was a meteor from an asteroid that broke apart over Ohio and Pennsylvania, with fragments landing in Medina County.

A suspected meteor that fell from the sky over the Cleveland area shook homes and startled residents who heard a boom that some compared to an explosion.

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The bright daylight fireball was visible across a large swath of the U.S., from Illinois to Maryland to New York, at approximately 7:55 a.m. Central time.

In Avon, Ohio, police said Tuesday that they had been "inundated" with calls about an explosion heard across the city.