Mystery Booms Back in the News

Mysterious booms continue to shake houses in west Port Angeles, Joyce while defying explanation

“We don't know what caused the booms that people have heard, but I can tell you they were not earthquakes,” said Leslie C. Gordon, geologist and spokeswoman for the U.S. Geological Survey for the Pacific Northwest.

Gordon said she checked with the University of Washington, which runs the seismic network in the Pacific Northwest, to see if there had been any seismic activity in the area.

“It is clear that the 'boom' was transmitted through air, as there was very little coupling with the ground. We looked but could not see anything on our seismograms,” UW researchers replied.