Brazil Airburst, fireballs over New York and Australia; and whale dead in the Middle East

2024, July 13. Brazil, State of Piaui, 60 km S.E. of Picos, 4 km from Belem do Piaui, Malhada Grande. Large Meteor Airburst. Coordinates: (-7.4, -41). Time: 03:10. e = 59, -e = 1.5 or 1,500,000 kg/TNT. Exploded over rural farming allotments. Travelling east. Delayed and concurrent sound. This was seen at locations 650 km apart. The sound travelled more than 650 kilometres.  

2024, July 17. Australia, Queensland, Brisbane. Fireball. Time: Evening. Caught on live TV.  

Update: 2024, July 16. USA, New York. A fireball was first sighted at 11:15am near the New Jersey-New York border. Altitude: 49 miles above Upper Bay (east of Greenville Yard). Moving a bit east of north at 34,000 miles per hour, the meteor descended at a steep angle of 18 degrees from vertical, passing over the Statue of Liberty before disintegrating 29 miles above midtown Manhattan. Green, yellow and white in colour. Created ground shaking from a low sonic boom.  

2024, July 13. United Arab Emirates, Port of Fujairah. A 20-meter-long whale was found dead three miles from the Port. In 2016, a 15-meter-long whale washed up on Kalba beach, after concluding that it had died after colliding with a large ship.