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The Lituya Bay megatsunami caused damage at higher elevations than any other tsunami, being powerful enough to push water up the tree covered slopes of the fjord with enough force to clear trees to a reported height of 524 m (1,719 ft). [9] A 1:675 recreation of the tsunami found the wave crest was 150 m (490 ft) tall. [14]
World's Biggest Tsunami: The largest recorded tsunami with a wave 1,720 feet (520 m) tall in Lituya Bay, Alaska; Photos of damage from the 1958 tsunami; Eyewitness reports of the tsunami; Video interview with survivors Howard and Sonny Ulrich (boat "Edrie"). "Mega-tsunami: Wave of Destruction". Air Date: BBC2, October 12, 2000.
Mega Tsunami: history, causes, effects; World's Biggest Tsunami: The largest recorded tsunami with a wave 1720 feet tall in Lituya Bay, Alaska. Benfield Hazard Research Centre; BBC – Mega-tsunami: Wave of Destruction BBC Two program broadcast 12 October 2000; La Palma threat "over-hyped" Archived 2017-03-24 at the Wayback Machine, BBC News ...
A group of scientists has warned that collapsing mountain slopes in Alaska in 2015 had led to waves up to 633 feet in height. Melting glacier ‘could lead to mega-tsunami within a year ...
The findings from the study by the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophy Study finds 'rare but real risk' of tsunami threat to parts of Alaska's largest ...
The 1946 tsunami, triggered by a magnitude 8.6 earthquake near Alaska, flooded parts of Half Moon Bay. ... And there was the catastrophic mega-tsunami of 1700, ...
The Taan Fiord event bore a strong similarity to the July 1958 landslide and megatsunami in Alaska's Lituya Bay. [7] The Taan Fiord landslide was the largest recorded in North America since the eruption of Mount St. Helens in May 1980, [ 5 ] and the largest non-volcanic landslide in North America ever recorded. [ 9 ]
UTC time: 1946-04-01 12:29:01: ISC event: 898313: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: April 1, 1946 (): Local time: 02:29: Magnitude: 7.4 M s, 8.6 M w, 9.3 M t: Depth: 15 km (9.3 mi) [1] Epicenter: 1]: Type: Megathrust: Areas affected: Hawaii, Alaska United States: Max. intensity: MMI VI (Strong): Tsunami: Up to 42 m (138 ft) at Unimak Island: Casualties: 165–173 [2]: The 1946 Aleutian Islands ...