Navy: Fighter jets caused sonic booms along New Jersey coast

The Naval Test Wing Atlantic, based in Patuxent River, Md., was conducting routine flight testing in the Atlantic Test Ranges this afternoon “that included activities which may have resulted in sonic booms,” the Navy said in a statement, according to

The Naval Test Wing Atlantic, based in Patuxent River, Md., was conducting routine flight testing in the Atlantic Test Ranges this afternoon “that included activities which may have resulted in sonic booms,” the Navy said in a statement, according to

The New York City Emergency Management confirmed that neither the US Geological Survey nor the Earth Observatory at Columbia University have "identified any seismic activity at this time." The boom appears to have originated in the town of Hammonton, 

The New York City Emergency Management confirmed that neither the US Geological Survey nor the Earth Observatory at Columbia University have "identified any seismic activity at this time." The boom appears to have originated in the town of Hammonton, 

Turns out the kerfuffle had nothing to do with an earthquake, but was instead spurred by a series of sonic booms from nearby fighter jets. A sonic boom, in addition to being an animated TV series, is the explosive noise caused by the shock wave from an