An interesting story of a tsunami which was recorded over 66 million years ago as the largest in scale which had hit the Yucatán Peninsula caused by the impact of a huge asteroid of 6 miles in diameter hitting the earth with a force comparable to 100 teratons of TNT. It was of such tremendous effect that it overshadowed the one in Lituya Bay, Alaska, which reached 1,700 feet and happened in 1958. The initial effect of the tsunami created a massive wave of 2.8 miles tall, but then it steadied down to 0.93 miles. Due to this massive impact, … Continue reading 66 Million Years Ago: The Asteroid that Wiped Out Dinosaurs Also Created a 2.8-Mile-Tall Tsunami