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What happened when a meteorite the size of four Mount Everests hit Earth?

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Scientists paint a compelling picture of what happened the day the S2 meteorite crashed into Earth 3.26 billion years ago .

The meteorite, estimated to have been up to 200 times larger than the one that killed the dinosaurs, triggered a tsunami that mixed up the ocean and flushed debris from the land into coastal areas.

The Barberton Greenstone Belt in South Africa contains evidence of at least eight impact events including S2 .

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