Noise Advisory: Loud Booms Expected To Be Heard Across Southwest RivCo

TEMECULA CA — Southwest Riverside County residents can expect to hear loud booms next week coming from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

The military base issued a noise advisory ahead of live-fire training with high explosive munitions starting Monday and running through Sunday, March 30. Troops will conduct training exercises from midnight to 11:59 p.m. each day in the base's Whiskey and Zulu impact areas of Camp Pendleton.

"This training may be heard anytime throughout the day or night," military officials said on social media.

The loud booms could be heard in northern San Diego, southern Orange and Southwest Riverside county, near Temecula and Murrieta, about 20 miles from the Whiskey, Zulu impact areas, as the crow flies. The areas of La Cresta and De Luz are even closer, at a mere 5 miles from the impact areas.

Fallbrook is 5 miles from the Zulu and 7.3 miles from the Whiskey impact areas, while Oceanside is 6.6 miles from the Zulu and 9.9 miles from the Whiskey impact areas.

Depending on atmospheric conditions, communities as far as 50 miles away from the impact areas may be able able to hear the sound of explosions, according to officials.