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Loud Boom Rattles Residents as Quantico Continues Weeklong Training

QUANTICO, Va. — A thunderous boom rattled windows and peace of mind late Tuesday morning.

The suspected culprit: munitions training at Quantico Marine Corps Base.

Some of you emailed us to report that your house shook. Below is the schedule for munitions training for the remainder of the week at the base, and a note about ongoing pile driving work outside the facility as part of the 95 Express Lanes Project:

Tuesday – Feb. 12. Range Clearance Operations are scheduled from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Wednesday – Feb 13. Explosive Munitions Operations are scheduled from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Thursday – Feb. 14. Explosive Munitions Operations are scheduled from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m

Friday – Feb 15. Range Clearance Operations are scheduled from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday – Feb. 16. Range Clearance Operations are scheduled from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

In addition, the I-95 expansion project will be conducting pile driving operations Monday through Saturday between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. during the month of February.