Explosions, Ground Shaking Reported-What Was It?
By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
November 3, 2025
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. On Saturday afternoon, at around 2 p.m., the Baldwin County 911 Communications Center began receiving calls reporting explosions.
Callers in Baldwin County began dialing 911 reporting hearing loud explosions in Fairhope on County Road 32. Other callers reported hearing the same loud booms in Fort Morgan near the Rookery, and in Loxley near Highway 59.
Some callers reported that their house shook while a few reported feeling the ground shake.
At 2:07 p.m. another call to 911, this one from Elsanor near 23835 CR 87 reported another sound of an explosion in this neighborhood and minutes later at 2:11 p.m., yet another 911 call came in, this time from 18600 East Silverhill Avenue in Robertsdale.
At least six residents in South Alabama reported hearing loud booms across the county.
The reports originated primarily from Baldwin County, from Bay Minette to Gulf Shores.
“Pine Grove, Alabama, approximately three miles East of Bay Minette, Alabama in Baldwin County, we heard three large booms,” said Brandy Baggett. “I went outside and didn’t see anything, but it was loud like a dump truck bed slamming shut extremely hard. It rattled our windows in our trailer. First one was at 2:06, second one was at 2:14 and the last one was at 2:32.”
The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office, along with several local police and fire departments responded to the areas of the reported explosions, but nothing was found.
The US Coast Guard reported that a person witnessed a sudden gush of water that shot into the air in Mobile Bay but there was no evidence of any type of explosion.
Baldwin County is not directly on a major fault line, but it is susceptible to earthquakes from the Southern Appalachian Seismic Zone and the Bahamas Fracture Seismic Zone. While major fault lines like the San Andreas are far away, the state of Alabama is part of a seismically active region that extends from northern Alabama down into the Gulf. This can lead to minor, localized seismic activity in the county, as evidenced by reports of tremors and quakes in the area.
Southern Appalachian Seismic Zone: This zone runs through Alabama and can cause minor to moderate earthquakes in the state.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) did not register an earthquake in Alabama.
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