Asteroid Strikes North Sea, Triggering 100m Tsunami With 70-Minute Warning

The asteroid struck the North Sea. Look at the screen. The numbers hold.

The object hits a surface and with this, energy is transferred to the brine, and the sensors records the signature. The seabed is able to absorb the force and the displacement that was created, the wall of water and the surge traveled toward the coast.

The impactor reached the floor and the pressure moved the volume toward the shore and the sirens sounded. That when the data arrived. Oceanographers analyzed the readings from the seismograph. Let them watch. Teams at the stations moved the residents to the ridges to secure the population.

Imagery from the satellite tracks the trajectory of the debris field across the water while the computer models predict the arrival of the crest. Sometimes it doesn’t go the way I planned. The calculation of the displacement models the behavior of the ocean floor to account for the volume of the surge. Pressure rose. Tides shifted.

Collision Data Metrics

Did you know?

The Planetary Defense Coordination Office monitors objects that approach the orbit of the planet.

The atmosphere provides a shield for the surface by consuming small fragments before an impact occurs.

Impact Verification Archives

• Center for Near Earth Object Studies
• Global Tsunami Warning System