Mystery surrounding the Silverpit crater solved: 160-meter asteroid hit the North Sea 45 million years ago and triggered 330-foot tsunami waves, say scientists

Scientists have finally solved the mystery surrounding the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea. Researchers say a 160-meter-wide asteroid slammed into the seabed around 43 to 46 million years ago, carving out the crater and unleashing a tsunami more than 100 meters high. The finding settles a decades-long debate among geologists over how the unusual underwater structure was formed.

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