The catastrophe is thought to be 30,000 times greater than any other recorded event
About 66 million years ago, one asteroid 6 miles wide crashed into Earth near what is now Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, wiping out much of the planet’s life.
The impact left a crater 110 miles wide and 12 miles deep and caused a massive destructive tsunami.
Scientists estimate that the waves reached an incredible height of 2.5 miles as they made landfall. The catastrophe is thought to be 30,000 times greater than any other recorded event.
Its scientists NOAA they now created a simulation of the tsunami as it reverberated around the planet, on top of what the planet looked like 66 million years ago (black land masses) and a white outline of what Earth looks like today.
The largest of the waves were concentrated near the impact zone around the prehistoric Gulf of Mexico and the Mexican peninsula, but the huge waves would have reached almost all ocean coasts.
Watch the video from NOAA:
NEW from NOAA SOS: This dataset shows the tsunami wave caused by the asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago. The wave was so impressive because the asteroid is estimated to have been 6+ miles (10+ km) in diameter! Want to learn more? https://t.co/MHCGQ1VDEa#dataviz #Data pic.twitter.com/tbIxp7keoy
— NOAA Education (@NOAAeducation) January 30, 2023
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