North Sea crater created by asteroid impact millions of years ago

ScienceDaily, GreekReporter.com, and Inshorts reported that scientists confirmed an asteroid impact formed the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea. The event occurred approximately 43 million to 46 million years ago. The Silverpit Crater lies buried 700 metres beneath the seabed and measures roughly three kilometres across. [1][3][4]

According to ScienceDaily, the colliding asteroid was approximately 160 metres wide. The violent impact blasted a column of water and rock 1.5 kilometres into the sky. ScienceDaily, GreekReporter.com, and Inshorts all reported that the collision unleashed a tsunami exceeding 100 metres, or 330 feet, in height. [1][3][4]

The findings resolve more than two decades of scientific debate over the origins of the structure, according to ScienceDaily. The North Sea is a body of water situated on the European continental shelf between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. It spans more than 970 kilometres in length and 580 kilometres in width. [1][6]