National Geographic reports on a new study by Vanderbilt University geologist Steven Goodbred and co-author Katherine Cagen of Harvard University.

“A meteorite impact off Long Island 2,300 years ago may have set off a huge tsunami that flooded the New York City region”.

Usually, tsunamis are caused by earthquakes in the ocean, which trigger enormous waves, such as the ones that devastated the shores of many countries bordering the Indian Ocean in December 2004. ” But meteorite strikes have also been known to spark the killer waves. “

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