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Huge Explosion?

I’ve been getting emails from people who heard a really large explosion around the Ahmadi/Subhan area. Does anyone know anything about it?

Update: According to the Ministry of Defense, the sound was the result of an air force jet breaking the sound barrier during the GCC joint war games that are currently taking place in the desert.


Feb 18, 2013
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  1. Verushka says:
    February 18, 2013 at 11:24 am

    We did feel an explosion and a bit of vibration..no idea what it was..for a moment we were like WTF???but then went back to work!! :S

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  2. Bassem says:
    February 18, 2013 at 11:29 am

    same in Al-Rai area

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  3. Fawaz says:
    February 18, 2013 at 11:32 am

    i think i was a sonic boom

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  4. TW says:
    February 18, 2013 at 11:32 am

    Same from Arifjan, almost sounded like thunder.

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  5. Fawaz says:
    February 18, 2013 at 11:33 am

    i think it was a sonic boom

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  6. Caesar says:
    February 18, 2013 at 11:35 am

    Its a serious case of flatulence. That’s all.

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  7. syed says:
    February 18, 2013 at 11:36 am

    i have witnessed a F-16 sonic boom near kuwait airport and it doesn’t shake buildings !!! could be something else.

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  8. KSalue says:
    February 18, 2013 at 11:43 am

    in Al-rai but it sounded everyone i aksed said it was a car or something

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  9. alawi says:
    February 18, 2013 at 11:45 am

    Its the Der3 el jazara training most likely, they are having live fire training

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  10. jig says:
    February 18, 2013 at 11:59 am

    heard it in shuwaikh !

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  11. boom says:
    February 18, 2013 at 11:59 am

    It was a meteorite, created Kuwait’s first mountain.

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  12. Randy says:
    February 18, 2013 at 12:14 pm

    Definitely shook our building in Ahmadi

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  13. Rob W says:
    February 18, 2013 at 12:25 pm

    It shook our entire porta-cabin office building in Ahmadi – we thought the local Contractor had crashed into us. Again.

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  14. Abdullatif says:
    February 18, 2013 at 12:45 pm

    The loudest sonic boom has been heard in Jahra and the northern area where the GCC military forces are holding trainings.

    Ministry of Defence has released a statement before around 1 hour, it confirmed the incident which was as a result of some air fighters that broke the sound barrier.

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  15. Jibin says:
    February 18, 2013 at 2:01 pm

    Heard it in jleeb area. Shook two/ three buildings

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  16. trazx says:
    February 18, 2013 at 3:27 pm

    wow woke me up from my sleep!

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  17. Abdul says:
    February 18, 2013 at 4:06 pm

    its a sonic boom effect which sounds like an explosion ,you guys must have herd of it,should be similar to this

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAaMdtGHmUU

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  18. PKG says:
    February 19, 2013 at 9:11 am

    Great! Am i the only one who didnt hear it..?! :/

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  19. mel says:
    February 19, 2013 at 10:48 am

    http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/193285/reftab/36/Default.aspx

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  20. sajed says:
    February 19, 2013 at 12:28 pm

    was in scool… and thought it was a thunder…

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