A meteor explosion over Northeast Ohio dazzled residents and scattered fragments, sparking a hunt for meteorite pieces in Medina County.

The National Weather Service has said the latest imaging suggests "the boom was a result of a meteor."

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

A meteor exploded Tuesday morning north of Cleveland over Lake Erie. The American Meteor Society received hundreds reports of a visible meteor from the Eastern Shore of Maryland to Kentucky; it was widely visible across Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and western New York state, too.

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Some residents immediately feared the sound was an explosion, according to CBS affiliate WOIO, but weather service officials say it appears to have been a meteor.

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Ohioans were left in shock after hearing a huge explosion on Tuesday morning that covered a 30-mile radius. The National Weather Service in Cleveland revealed the major boom that left homes shaking was potentially a meteor.

NASA has confirmed the loud, booming sound heard near Cleveland on Tuesday morning was caused by an asteroid — which was approximately six feet in diameter and weighed roughly seven tons. According to the National Weather Service,