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The tallest wave ever recorded was a local tsunami, triggered by an earthquake and rockfall, in Lituya Bay, Alaska on July 9, 1958. The wave crashed against the opposite shoreline and ran upslope to an elevation of 1720 feet, removing trees and vegetation the entire way.
This is the largest and most significant megatsunami in modern times; it forced a re-evaluation of large-wave events and the recognition of impact events, rockfalls, and landslides as causes of very large waves.
22 Νοε 2020 · The event at Lituya Bay still stands as one of the tallest tsunami waves known to science. The photo above, taken in 1958 after the tsunami, shows the ring of damage around much of the bay. Evidence of the cataclysmic wave is still visible from space more than 60 years later.
Sheet 1: Maximum estimated tsunami inundation, Karluk, Alaska. Sheet 2: Maximum estimated tsunami inundation, Larsen Bay, Alaska. Figures. Figure 1. Map of Southcentral Alaska showing the location of Kodiak Island and the rupture zones
22 Μαρ 2016 · This tsunami was generated by the 9.2 magnitude earthquake under Prince William Sound, Alaska on March 27, 1964. This is the second largest earthquake ever recorded and the largest ever recorded in North America. The tsunami killed 124 people, all in North America, most in Alaska.
Tsunami inundation maps of Seward and northern Resurrection Bay, Alaska by E.N. Suleimani1, D.J. Nicolsky1, D.A. West1, R.A. Combellick2, and R.A. Hansen1 INTRODUCTION Alaska has the greatest earthquake and tsunami potential among the U.S. states. Figure 1 shows one of the most seismically active regions of the state, where the Paci fi c Plate ...
2 Απρ 2023 · The resultant wave was not just a tsunami but the largest tsunami ever recorded, a megatsunami. At an estimated 1,720 feet high at its highest, it would have dwarfed every building in...
