Why was there a delay between the meteor explosion and the sonic boom in Russia?

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Why was there a delay between the explosion from the meteor in Russia and the sonic boom hitting the cities? And how long was it?
 
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The answer is simple. It's because the meteor didn't explode _in_ the Russian cities.