A football-field-size asteroid hit the North Sea and sent a 330-foot tsunami racing across Europe

Picture a space rock the size of a football pitch crashing into the North Sea's shallow seabed 43 to 46 million years ago.
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Meteor Strike and Tsunami Uncovered in North Carolina’s Ancient Hills

A hidden hillside in North Carolina just revealed a jaw-dropping secret — direct evidence of a meteor strike and a powerful tsunami that hit over 34 million years ago. Geologists uncovered four ...
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Researchers Prove a Stadium-Sized Asteroid Slammed into the North Sea Triggering a 330-foot Tsunami

AI-generated image of the asteroid impact. Cracking a cold case is always tricky. But figuring out one from 43 million years ...
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The Origins of a Mysterious Structure Beneath the North Sea Has Finally Been Revealed—Along With the Tsunami Its Formation Caused

After years of debate, scientists have finally solved the mystery of a structure hidden under the North Sea. Researchers at ...
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Scientists reveal massive asteroid hit the North Sea and triggered a 330-foot tsunami

Since geologists first identified the formation in 2002, the three-km-wide crater and its surrounding ring of circular faults spanning about 20km have sparked intense debate. But researchers say their ...

Nearly 330ft tsunami after asteroid struck 80 miles off coast of Yorkshire

'Within minutes, it created a 1.5km high curtain of rock and water.' ...