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Massive asteroid struck North Sea 43-46 mn years ago, unleashed 330-foot tsunami

short by Aradhana / on Wednesday, 21 October, 2026
Scientists have confirmed that Silverpit Crater, buried 700 metres beneath North Sea seabed, formed when a 160-metre wide asteroid struck Earth around 43-46 million years ago. A study in Nature Communications, said the impact triggered a tsunami over 330 feet high. The crater was discovered in 2002 and some researchers had attributed it to geological processes rather than extraterrestrial object.
read more at Nature