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New evidence confirms Yorkshire North Sea asteroid impact

New evidence confirms Yorkshire North Sea asteroid impact

Scientists have found proof that an asteroid hit the North Sea more than 43 million years ago causing a huge tsunami and leaving a 1.9 mile (3km) wide crater under the seabed. The Silverpit Crater is around 80 miles (128 km) off the East Yorkshire coast and was discovered in 2002. Since then geologists have disagreed over how it was …

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