What if an asteroid hit the deepest part of the ocean?

When an asteroid hits the ocean, it’s more likely to produce storm-surge-sized waves than giant walls of watery death. “For coastal communities, at the moment we think these impact tsunami waves would not be much more hazardous than storm surges if the impact happens far off shore in the deep ocean,” Robertson says.

What happened to the ocean when the asteroid hit?

“We were shocked that we actually found this.” The impact of the Chicxulub asteroid — so named for the crater it carved out around the Gulf of Mexico — sent columns of rock into Earth’s atmosphere, incinerated the planet’s forests and drove tsunamis far across the oceans.

How deep did the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs go?

The dimensions of Chicxulub Crater — about 90 miles wide by 12 miles (20 km) deep — give us a rough idea of the impactor’s size. For example, Siraj and Loeb calculated that the incoming object was likely about 4.3 miles (7 km) wide.

Did sea dinosaurs survive?

Like the dinosaurs themselves, giant marine reptiles, invertebrates and microscopic organisms became extinct after the asteroid impact in an immense upheaval of the world’s oceans, yet deep sea creatures managed to survive.

What did scientists find in the crater that killed the dinosaurs?

Scientists who drilled into the impact crater associated with the demise of the dinosaurs summarise their findings so far in a BBC Two documentary on Monday. The researchers recovered rocks from under the Gulf of Mexico that were hit by an asteroid 66 million years ago.

Could the asteroid have hit a worse place on Earth?

The nature of this material records the details of the event. It is becoming clear that the 15km-wide asteroid could not have hit a worse place on Earth.

Where did the dinosaurs die?

Dinosaur asteroid hit ‘worst possible place’. Scientists who drilled into the impact crater associated with the demise of the dinosaurs summarise their findings so far in a BBC Two documentary on Monday. The researchers recovered rocks from under the Gulf of Mexico that were hit by an asteroid 66 million years ago.

Was the Gulf of Mexico hit by an asteroid 66 million years ago?

The researchers recovered rocks from under the Gulf of Mexico that were hit by an asteroid 66 million years ago. The nature of this material records the details of the event.