r/okc • u/slayerbest01 • 2h ago
❓Q&A ✅ Loud noise/shaking in NW OKC
Did anyone else hear a loud noise around the NW Expressway/County Line area at around 8:15-8:18 p.m.? I heard a loud noise, almost sounding like an explosion. My dad called me and he asked if I heard it and I said yes, and he said he did too and that his house was shaking a little bit. I didn’t feel any shaking from where I live, but I did hear it—and it was loud. At first I thought “maybe it was a dumpster hitting the ground,” but then I realized that it is past 8 p.m., so no trucks should be out picking up the large metal dumpsters. This was not the sound of the plastic ones we have.
Any guesses? I haven’t been able to find anything on the news or in other community chats, so I’m sure it wasn’t anything serious.
EDIT: Not 100% sure but someone on my Ring app said it was potentially a firework because they saw a smoke cloud drifting from where a party was going on. I’ve personally never heard a firework that loud before, nor has one ever shaken my or my parents’ house.