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That's moving. I guess that they have not slowed to anywhere near their terminal velocity by the time they land on earth.

Some interesting NASA info:

"Scientists estimate that about 48.5 tons (44,000 kilograms) of meteoritic material falls on Earth each day." It's surprising more things don't get hit.

"99.8 percent come from asteroids. 0.2 percent of meteorites are split roughly equally between meteorites from Mars and the Moon. The over 60 known Martian meteorites were blasted off Mars by meteoroid impacts."

And, from How fast do meteorites hit the ground?

Most meteorites, ranging from a few kilograms up to about 8 tons (7,000 kg), will lose all of their cosmic velocity and after a certain point called the retardation point, they begin to accelerate again, under the influence of the Earth’s gravity (9.8 meters per second squared).

The meteorite will then quickly reach its terminal velocity of 200 to 400 miles per hour (90 to 180 meters per second or 320 to 640 km/h).

According to astronomers, when a meteorite hit the Earth’s ground, the maximum theoretical impact speeds are:

The estimated fastest impact speed of a near-Earth asteroid is 21 km/s (46,976 mph or 75,600 km/h).
For a short-period comet, the maximum impact speed is estimated at 41 km/s (91,714 mph or 147,600 km/h).
For a long-period comet, the fastest impact velocity is about 53 km/s (118,558 mph mph or 190,800 km/h).

I am very surprised impact speeds are that high. But any projectile at those speeds is going to do a lot of damage.