Early indications are that the fragments, if they exist, came down near Port Alberni in the middle of Vancouver Island. Late word from the Pacific Geoscience Centre indicates that the blast may have occurred over water near the Broken Island Group at the mouth of the Alberni Canal, south of Ucluelet. There is some question about this, however, as the seismic station closest to that location, near Ucluelet, recorded no blast. Houses in the Parksville area shook due to the sonic boom. An observer in the Courtenay area timed the blast at five seconds in duration.
Fireballs are typically half that size.
Researcher Jeremy Tatum interviewed approximately 250 eye witnesses and used seismic data to come to this conclusion. They acknowledge that the chances of recovering a meteorite from the fall are slim.