OHIO, March 18, 2025—A bright daylight fireball streaking across the sky was observed by witnesses from the northeast United States and Canada yesterday morning.

The fast-moving meteor created a sonic boom that rattled buildings across the southern Lake Erie region, according to eyewitness accounts.

An analysis of all currently available data places first visibility of the meteor at an altitude of 50 miles above Lake Erie, off the beaches of Lorain in northern Ohio, according to NASA.

Eyewitness accounts in Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, the District of Columbia and the Canadian province of Ontario filed reports on the American Meteor Society website of a very bright daylight fireball seen 8:57 a.m. EDT.

The meteor was also detected by the Geostationary Lightning Mapper on NASA’s GOES satellite and several cameras in the region.

Moving in a southerly direction at 40,000 miles per hour, the fireball—caused by a small asteroid nearly 6 feet in diameter and weighing about 7 tons—traveled more than 34 miles through the upper atmosphere before fragmenting 30 miles over Valley City, north of Medina, Ohio, according to NASA.

Fragments continued south, producing meteorites in the vicinity of Medina County.

The asteroid unleashed an energy of 250 tons of TNT when it fragmented, resulting in a pressure wave causing the booms and explosive noises heard by many of the public, according to NASA.

There have been no reports of damage or injuries from the event.

NASA, NWS Pittsburgh reports