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Lituya Bay is a fjord located on the Fairweather Fault in the northeastern part of the Gulf of Alaska. It is a T-shaped bay with a width of 2 miles (3 km) and a length of 7 miles (11 km). [8] Lituya Bay is an ice-scoured tidal inlet with a maximum depth of 722 feet (220 m). The narrow entrance of the bay has a depth of only 33 feet (10 m). [8]
Lituya Bay (/ l ɪ ˈ tj uː j ə /; Tlingit: Ltu.aa, [1] meaning 'lake within the point') [2] is a fjord located on the coast of the south-east part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is 14.5 km (9 mi) long and 3.2 km (2 mi) wide at its widest point. The bay was noted in 1786 by Jean-François de Lapérouse, who named it Port des Français ...
A study of Lituya Bay in 1953 concluded that sometime around 1874, perhaps in May 1874, another megatsunami occurred in Lituya Bay in Alaska. Probably occurring because of a large landslide on the south shore of the bay in the Mudslide Creek Valley, the wave had a maximum run-up height of 24 metres (80 ft), flooding the coast of the bay up to ...
This is a list of apocalyptic feature-length films. All films within this list feature either the end of the world, a prelude to such an end (such as a world taken over by a viral infection), and/or a post-apocalyptic setting.
Amazon MGM Studios Distribution heads to content market Mipcom, Oct. 21-24, with a lengthy slate of series and films. Series include apocalyptic drama “Earth Abides,” the final season of ...
Three more streaming series continued that tradition this season: “Silo,” “Fallout” and “3 Body Problem.” Atli Örvarsson’s music for “Silo,” the Apple TV+ dystopian drama set in ...
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5 people were killed in the 1958 Lituya Bay, Alaska earthquake and megatsunami. Some homes were destroyed with costs being around $100,000 (1958 rate). 5: 11 [110] [111] Chile, Tarapaca Region: 6.0: 55.0: VI 16 [112] United Kingdom, Masvingo Province, Rhodesia and Nyasaland: 6.0: 0.0: Unknown depth. 19 [113] Indonesia, Papua (province) 6.5: 158 ...