In May 2018, scientists documented in Campbell Islands, New Zealand, the largest wave ever recorded in the southern hemisphere of modern history.
She rises to 23.8 meters.
65 million years ago, an asteroid 14 km in diameter struck the Earth with catastrophic consequences.
The impact opened a crater 180 km in diameter.
Known as Chicxulub's asteroid, the name of the city closest to the crater, the celestial body would be part of a much larger asteroid that after a collision in space , was divided "clbad =" img img-responsive image-wide "/>
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Researchers from the Department of Earth Sciences and Research Environment also participated in the study of dinosaurs, main terrestrial vertebrates.
from the University of Michigan in the United States, claim that the asteroid also generated a tsunami, responsible for unprecedented destruction.
According to the team of scientists, the enormous impact caused by the fall of the asteroid at 1500 meters deep within ten minutes of the collision
The force never seen by a tsunami
] It is estimated that its power was 29,000 times greater than that of the earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people in the Indian Ocean in 2004.
By simulation The researchers concluded that the impact of the asteroid Chicxulub generated a wave of 1,600 meters altitude, four times that of the Empire State Building in New York.
In The initial giant wave generated hundreds of smaller replicas, which crisscrossed most of the planet at high speed.
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" The asteroid Chicxulub caused a huge tsunami , as we have never seen in modern history, "said Molly Range."
"It 's only at the beginning of this project that I' ve seen it in modern history," said Molly Range. have understood the true magnitude of the tsunami. "
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