A massive asteroid slammed into the North Sea and unleashed a 330-foot tsunami

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Oct 21, 2026, 12:08 am117 ptsTrending
A decades-long mystery beneath the North Sea has finally been solved. Scientists have confirmed that the Silverpit Crater, buried 700 meters below the seabed, was created when a 160-meter-wide asteroid struck Earth roughly 43 to 46 million years ago. The violent collision blasted a towering curtain of rock and…

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