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Sonny and Howard Ulrich, Video retelling of their surviving the event & simulated megatsunami; Horizon, BBC, first broadcast October 12, 2000. ("Mega-tsunami: Wave of Destruction") The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
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 ...
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake triggered a brief tsunami advisory for southern Alaska late Saturday, but the advisory was canceled about an hour later, monitoring bodies reported. The earthquake was ...
The subsequent mega-tsunami — one of the highest in recent history — set off a wave which became trapped in the bendy, narrow fjord for more than a week, sloshing back and forth every 90 seconds.
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 ...
Five died from the tsunami in Oregon, [14] and 12 died from the tsunami in Crescent City, California. [15] [16] Property damage was estimated at $116 million [3] ($0.87 billion in 2023 dollars). [17] United States Geological Survey video explaining the earthquake and footage