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The 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake occurred on July 9, 1958, at 22:15:58 PST with a moment magnitude of 7.8 to 8.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). [4] The strike-slip earthquake took place on the Fairweather Fault and triggered a rockslide of 30 million cubic meters (40 million cubic yards) and about 90 million tons into the ...
1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami: A megatsunami struck the 19-gross register ton, 40.2-foot (12.3 m) fishing vessel while she was at anchor in Lituya Bay in Southeast Alaska, carrying her over La Chaussee Spit at the entrance to the bay into the open ocean and wrecking her.
Damage from the 1958 Lituya Bay, Alaska earthquake and megatsunami can be seen in this oblique aerial photograph of Lituya Bay, Alaska as the lighter areas at the shore where trees have been stripped away. The red arrow shows the location of the landslide, and the yellow arrow shows the location of the high point of the wave sweeping over the ...
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 ...
This is a list of earthquakes in 1958. ... 5 people were killed in the 1958 Lituya Bay, Alaska earthquake and megatsunami. Some homes were destroyed with costs being ...
The runup from the waves reached 525 m (1,722 ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay. July 15 – During the 1958 Lebanon crisis, 5,000 United States Marines land in the capital Beirut in order to protect the pro-Western government there. July 29 – The U.S. Congress formally creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami; N. March 18–22, 1958, nor'easter; T. Tornado outbreak of June 3–4, 1958 This page was last edited on 2 May 2020, at ...