Two large meteor updates and continued New Zealand activity. (Updated 20240507) Spain and New Zealand meteors

2024, May 3. USA, Ohio. Seen in many surrounding states including Canada. Large Fireball. Sonic booms and electrophonic properties. Local Time: 23:16 or Saturday, May 4th 2024 around 03:36 UT. A loud whistle, and then two quick booms were heard. Then a loud thud then an impact boom in the distance. There was a faint vibration felt in the ground.

2024-05-05T20:11:03. Airburst. South Pacific Ocean. Location: (-7.1, -112.7). e=3.7, -e= 0.13. Equivalent force in kilograms of TNT: 130,000. Altitude: 39 km. Velocity: 13.9km/s.

2024, May 4. New Zealand, North Island. Travelling west. Duration: 4.23sec. HB: 133km. HE: 79km.  

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Map – Fireballs Aotearoa

Update: 2024 May 5^th. New Zealand, Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Hawke's Bay, Manawatū-Whanganui, Waikato and Wellington. Large Fireball. N.W. Of Hamilton travelling S.S.W. Time 08:34 UT or 20:34NZST. Had concurrent (electrophonic meteor) and delayed properties. Seen as far away as Christchurch over 700 km away. The sonic boom was heard over 200km away.  

A large fireball has been filmed in Spain. 

2024, May 4. Spain. Large Fireball. Officially termed SPMN050524D, was seen streaking through the skies of Aragon, Catalonia, the Valencian Community, the Basque Country, La Rioja, and Navarra. Estimated to be a 1 meter in diameter chondritic.