Fireball meteor over Luxembourg on 8 March 2026

Published on Tuesday March 10, 2026

In the early hours of the evening of 8 March 2026, a spectacular fireball was noticed by many people in Luxembourg and the Greater Region. The trajectory of this meteorite crossed right over the country from southwest to east, continuing throughout the Eifel region and ending with a reported impact of debris in the city of Koblenz.

The pressure signal caused by the meteorite was recorded across the entire Luxembourg National Seismic Network as well as on a large number of stations operated by partner institutions across the Greater Region. An analysis of the signal arrival times allows to approximately trace the trajectory, in excellent agreement with the one published by the International Meteorological Organisation (IMO). The analysis furthermore indicates that the fireball meteor burst just before reaching the city of Koblenz.

Our results are also in good agreement with an earlier analysis on a smaller set of stations around the end of the trajectory published by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) https://idw-online.de/de/news867223.

The figure shows the signal arrival times of the meteor burst at 34 seismic stations in Luxembourg and surroundings. The colored contour lines indicate the arrival times (30 to 440 sec) from 17:56 UTC on 8 March 2026. Filled triangles represent stations of the Luxembourg National Seismic Network (LuxSNet), open triangles are stations operated by partner institutions. The inset shows the seismic traces (vertical component) of the fireball signal over the LuxSNet stations. Red lines in the inset indicate the picked arrival times.