Asteroid Impact Confirmed as Origin of North Sea's Silverpit Crater, Unleashing Ancient Tsunami

Scientists have resolved a decades-long mystery surrounding the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea, confirming it was formed by a 160-meter-wide asteroid impact approximately 43 to 46 million years ago. The violent collision generated a tsunami over 100 meters (330 feet) high, and the findings, published in Nature Communications, establish Silverpit as one of Earth's few confirmed impact craters.