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The avalanche happens, and Arvid sacrifices himself when Jacob's foot becomes trapped. The alarm is sounded shortly before the rockslide crashes into the fjord, creating a gigantic tsunami high that roars towards Geiranger. With ten minutes until the tsunami hits Geiranger, Kristian and Julia, stuck in traffic, realize their altitude is low.
Geiranger Church is the main church for the village and surrounding area. Geiranger is under constant threat from landslides from the mountain Åkerneset into the fjord. A collapse would cause a tsunami that could destroy downtown Geiranger. For this reason, sirens have been installed to warn residents if a landslide should occur.
The Geiranger Fjord [1] [2] [3] (Norwegian: Geirangerfjorden) is a fjord in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located entirely in the Stranda Municipality . It is a 15-kilometre-long ( 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi) branch off the Sunnylvsfjorden , which is a branch off the Storfjorden (Great Fjord).
A 650-foot tsunami in Greenland was the result of melting glacial ice that caused a landslide. The waves it created bounced back and forth for nine days.
The landslide, which took place last year in September, triggered a massive tsunami in Dickson Fjord, creating puzzling tremors and a planet-wide “hum”, scientists said. The hum, unlike any ...
A tsunami stemming from a landslide was behind a surprising seismic event last year that shook the earth for nine days, researchers said. Mysterious 9-day seismic event triggered by 650-foot ...
The video shows that Konrad was using rats to investigate his theories, and that those rats had died from exposure to toxic gas; Kristian concludes that a major earthquake, up to 8.5 on the Richter scale, will strike Oslo, and that the collapse that killed Konrad was merely an omen. Kristian, Marit, and Julia rush to the Radisson Blu to warn Idun.
On September 16th, 2023 at 12:35 UTC, a 25.5 × 10 ^ 6 m 3 (33.4 × 10 ^ 6 cu yd) rockslide occurred on the slope of Dickson Fjord in Northeast Greenland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The rockslide impacted a gully glacier, leading to a rock and ice avalanche that entered the fjord causing a tsunami up to 200-metre-high (660 ft) tsunami and subsequent waves up ...