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If the giant, slow-moving landslide were to suddenly collapse into the narrow fjord below, it would generate an extremely large tsunami because of the way the fjord's shape would amplify the wave. June 2019 JPEG
- Large Landslide Detected in Southeastern Alaska
Using imagery from the Landsat 8 satellite, scientists have...
- Hunting Landslides With Landsat
His initial analysis of the seismic data suggested the slide...
- Large Landslide Detected in Southeastern Alaska
In addition to increasing the accuracy of tsunami hazards assessments along the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone, the findings highlight an important discovery: whether a subduction megathrust is locked or creeping today may not necessarily reflect its potential to generate large tsunamis.
17 Αυγ 2023 · Researchers have concluded there is a “rare but real risk” that an earthquake-produced tsunami could inundate parts of coastal Anchorage under certain conditions, a newspaper reported, a shift from the prior understanding of the risk posed to Alaska’s largest city.
22 Αυγ 2024 · Many active faults in Alaska are capable of generating large tsunamis that threaten coastal communities in Alaska and beyond. For example, seafloor deformation during historic Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone earthquakes has generated tsunamis that traveled across the Pacific Ocean and impacted densely populated coasts around the Pacific Rim ...
6 Σεπ 2018 · Slope failure at the terminus of Tyndall Glacier on 17 October 2015 sent 180 million tons of rock into Taan Fiord, Alaska. The resulting tsunami reached elevations as high as 193 m, one of the ...
20 Οκτ 2020 · JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A magnitude 7.5 earthquake prompted a tsunami warning Monday for a nearly thousand-mile stretch of Alaska’s southern coast, with waves over 2 feet at the nearest community as the threat subsided.
8 Δεκ 2021 · Of the distant earthquake source regions posing a tsunami threat to the California coast, the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone has the potential to produce the highest (1–2 m) tsunami...
