A mystery explosion has been heard and felt in parts of North Canterbury.

Residents reported their houses shaking from Woodend to Kaiapoi just before 9AM.

Woodend Resident Georgina Smith said “it was a massive bang and sounded like an explosion.

“It rattled my windows but there was no smoke or anything that would indicate an explosion so I’m kind of baffled as to what it could be.”

Police officers in Woodend also reported hearing the explosion.

Woodend resident Shane Wood sent Chris Lynch Media security footage which captured the loud explosion.

A loud bang can be heard with a long sounding tail.

Wood’s partner was home at the time of the explosion in Woodend and said she was getting ready for the day when the “massive explosion happened.”

“The cows across the road were spooked as they ran around there paddocks and our neighbours has run out of the house to see what was going on.

It sounded like an explosion of some type as it rattled the windows and made the ground shake.”

Sheree Roberts’s step daughter was in Hanmer and heard the explosion.

“She was house sitting and said she thought someone had driven through our fence.”

“WHAT THE F**K WAS THAT?”

Tuahiwi resident Shelley Wilson also captured the sound of the explosion on CCTV.

Her husband Sean can been seen on camera walking outside when the explosion happened.

“What the f**k was that?” he said.

Wilson said “the boom was so loud, it felt like the windows were going to blow in. Sonic boom is a good description of how it sounded and felt.”

Emergency services said they received called about the explosion but there have been no reports of any damage.

A police spokesman said police conducted area enquiries in Woodend after receiving multiple reports of a loud bang around 8:45am.  

Enquiries were conducted in an attempt to locate the origin of a loud bang.

Police did not locate anything that may have caused the noise and have left the area.

“If you have any information regarding what caused this noise in the area please contact Police on 105.”