A massive asteroid hit the North Sea and triggered a 330-foot tsunami
- A long-running debate about the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea has finally been resolved. Scientists now confirm it formed when a roughly 160-meter asteroid struck the seabed about 43–46 million years ago. New seismic imaging and rare shocked minerals in rock samples provided the crucial proof. The impact would have sent a massive plume skyward and unleashed a tsunami over 100 meters (330 feet) high.
A long-debated North Sea crater has finally been confirmed as the scar of a massive asteroid impact that unleashed a towering tsunami millions of years ago.
A long running scientific dispute about the origin of the Silverpit Crater beneath the southern North Sea has now been settled.
New research shows that the structure formed when an asteroid or comet struck the region roughly 43 to 46 million years ago. The investigation was led by Dr. Uisdean Nicholson of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The team combined seismic imaging, microscopic analysis of rock fragments, and computer modeling to produce the clearest evidence yet that Silverpit is one of Earth's rare impact craters.
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