skyquake

English

noun
Definitions
  • An unexplained phenomenon that sounds like a thunderclap, cannon or a sonic boom coming from the sky, with no observable cause, heard in various countries around the world.

Etymology

Compound from English sky + English quake.

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English

quake

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