If a tree falls in the forest and there's nobody around to hear it, does it make a sound?
Some argue it does not, since sound is. An interpretation of pressure waves in a particular frequency range.
I personally believe it's still sound. Even if it's not heard, it can be recorded and replayed, therefore any time there are pressure waves within specific range they should be considered sound. If you play music on the radio and nobody is listening, it makes a sound, but if you transmit it only using AM/FM it does not make a sound.
Having this definition down, yes, it must have been one Hell of a bang, but so what?