Chicxulub

🧬 AI profile — grown from 6ic coverage Chicxulub is a large impact crater located on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, believed to have been formed around 66 million years ago by a massive asteroid impact. This event is widely accepted as one of the primary causes of the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event, which led to the demise of the dinosaurs and many other species. The crater is approximately 150 kilometers in diameter and its impact is thought to have triggered massive earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions, contributing to the widespread devastation.