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It struck in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. This was actually a bad place to hit as it was a huge limestone plate. This launched huge piles of debris all around the world, multiplying the impact of the... uh... impact.

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The mass extinctions that occurred 250 million years ago and 65 million years ago may have been due to gradual process or?

A large comet or asteroid striking earth


What year did the dinosaur's get killed by the asteroid that hit the earth?

65 million years ago.


What do scientists believe happened after an asteroid struck earth million years ago?

The dinosaurs died.


What state in Mexico did the meteor Chicxulub strike?

The Chicxulub crater is the area in the state of Yucatan that was hit by an asteroid. It is about 66 million years old.


Did an asteroid hit the US?

Historically, an asteroid that struck the Earth 65 million years ago is one theory for the extinction of the dinosaurs, but that hit in Yucatan (Mexico).


What happened when one or more large asteroid collided with earth about 65 million years ago?

it shaped the moon


What natural disaster wiped out half of the earth's animals 65 million years ago?

A large asteroid impacted the earth 65 million years ago, creating the Chicxulub Impact Crater, and killing the dinosaurs.


What effect did the asteroid hitting earth have on it?

It all depends on the size of the asteroid and the speed. When an asteroid about 6 miles in diameter slammed into the Gulf of Mexico 65 million years ago, it killed off every large lifeform on Earth, including all of the dinosaurs.


What effect did the asteroid have on hitting the earth?

It all depends on the size of the asteroid and the speed. When an asteroid about 6 miles in diameter slammed into the Gulf of Mexico 65 million years ago, it killed off every large lifeform on Earth, including all of the dinosaurs.


How long ago did the oldest dinosaur die?

my answer is dinosaurs died 65 million years ago when an asteroid crashed into the earth


What effect did the asteroid have 0n earth?

65 million years ago an asteroid or comet hit our planet it wiped 90 percent of the dinorsors out some still sivive to day like the crocadiles


When were dinosaurs extincted?

Almost 65 million years ago . Almost 65 million years ago .