Science Channel@thesciencechannelAn asteroid once hit the North Sea and set off a tsunami more than 100 m tall.
Scientists have confirmed that Silverpit Crater, buried 700 m under the seabed off England’s Yorkshire coast, was made by a 160 m asteroid about 43–46 million years ago. The proof is shocked quartz from an oil well, a mineral that forms only under extreme impact pressure.
#geology #asteroids #earthscience
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261020085727…