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Boom over the Tri-Cities - Jun 22, 2026, 11:14 PM

Monday, June 22, 2026 at 11:11 PM · 2 months ago

I felt this one too
10 reports9 contributors6 gave a direction
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Reports (numbered)Direction it came fromEstimated origin (source)Earthquake (USGS)
Estimated origin - interesting, not definitive

The red marker is our best guess at the source; the blue dots are where people were. Estimated from how strong it felt across the area - loudest closest to the source. There aren't enough direction arrows yet, so this leans on the loudness pattern alone. A few people reporting which way it came from would sharpen it a lot.

Confidence:52% · Moderateloudness falloff

What it lines up with

Automatic cross-references. Suggestive, not proof.

📍Nearest known sourcestrong

Thayer Drive Substation (substation) - about 0.5 km from the estimated origin.

🔴Seismic activity

A USGS M1.7 earthquake 42 km away, 15h apart.

🌤️Conditions

Conditions weren’t especially sound-carrying. (21°C, wind 8 km/h, 0% cloud)

🕒Timing

night on a weekday.

🌕Moon

First quarter (57% lit).

Heard the boom and lost power?

Transformer and substation faults set off both a boom and an outage. See who else nearby is out, and when it is coming back.

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What people reported

Each number matches a dot on the map above.

1
Heard a boom · intensity 4/5 · from the E
anon-9031 · Jun 22, 11:14 PM · 2 months ago
2
Heard a boom · intensity 4/5
anon-1953 · Jun 22, 11:11 PM · 2 months ago
3
Heard a boom · intensity 4/5
anon-5582 · Jun 22, 11:10 PM · 2 months ago
4
Heard a boom · intensity 4/5
anon-1132 · Jun 22, 11:10 PM · 2 months ago
5
Heard a boom · intensity 3/5
anon-3488 · Jun 22, 11:15 PM · 2 months ago
6
Heard a boom · intensity 2/5 · from the ENE
anon-5429 · Jun 22, 11:14 PM · 2 months ago
7
Heard a boom · intensity 2/5 · from the E
anon-5071 · Jun 22, 11:14 PM · 2 months ago
8
Heard a boom · intensity 2/5 · from the WNW
anon-5429 · Jun 22, 11:11 PM · 2 months ago
9
Heard a boom · intensity 2/5 · from the ENE
anon-9327 · Jun 22, 11:10 PM · 2 months ago
10
Heard a boom · intensity 2/5 · from the W
anon-1348 · Jun 22, 11:09 PM · 2 months ago

What do you think it was?

Cast your vote. The data’s nearest match: substation - Thayer Drive Substation.

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