The mystery surrounding a loud booming sound heard in Nicaragua this weekend has been explained as the result of a meteor strike, according to government officials.

According to a report from the Nicaragua Dispatch, the meteor made impact sometime around 11 p.m. on Saturday.

"[The meteor] appears to have come off an asteroid that was passing close to Earth," government spokeswoman Rosario Murillo told the Associated Press.

However, despite Murillo's comments, there have been no official confirmations of any connection between the Nicaragua incident and asteroid 2014 RC, which is scheduled to narrowly miss the Earth on Sunday.

Small asteroid will pass Earth ~2:18pm ET today. No worries. It's about 25,000 miles away: http://t.co/V7JLPe2cD2 pic.twitter.com/PUyUGLKY7R — NASA (@NASA) September 7, 2014

Termed as a "relatively small" incident by Murillo, the strike, which occurred near Managua's International Airport and the country's air force base, nevertheless left a crater that is 16 feet deep and has a radius of 39 feet.

Small compared to meteor disaster movie scenarios, but huge when considering the potentially disastrous effects had it landed in a densely populated area.