Following what most thought was an earthquake rocking Los Angeles, social media users looked to another cause, a sonic boom generated by the return of the SpaceX Dragon capsule. Numerous videos of the capsule racing across the sky have since appeared online.
One user explained it, posting, “Correction: probably not an earthquake in Los Angeles but a sonic boom from this SpaceX Dragon capsule re-entering.” Another verified, “It was a sonic boom. SpaceX Dragon returning to earth.”
Take a look at the viral video:
Correction: likely not an earthquake in Los Angeles but a sonic boom from this SpaceX Dragon capsule re-entering pic.twitter.com/c7NmHv1q5l
— Lunar Surfer (@TheLunarSurfer) May 25, 2025
#Earthquake (#sismo) possibly felt 49 sec ago in #California. Felt it? Tell us via:
📱https://t.co/QMSpuj6Z2H
🌐https://t.co/AXvOM7I4Th
🖥https://t.co/wPtMW5ND1t
⚠ Automatic crowdsourced detection, not seismically verified yet. More info soon! pic.twitter.com/j0VS2K86US— EMSC (@LastQuake) May 25, 2025
Prior to the social media clarification going viral, an independent scientific institution had posted an update on X indicating that an earthquake could have happened in California. Nevertheless, it highlighted that the alert was on the basis of “automatic crowdsourced detection, not seismically verified yet.”
