Αποτελέσματα Αναζήτησης
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.
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 narrow inlet of Lituya Bay, Alaska.
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.
The map shows the epicenter of the 1964 Alaska Earthquake (red star), caused when the Pacific Plate lurched northward underneath the North American Plate. Scientific Background. Science Features: The 1964 Alaska Earthquake & Tsunami. It was the largest U.S. earthquake ever recorded, and a turning point in earth science.
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.
“worst case” tsunami-inundation for both Karluk and Larsen Bay. The maximum predicted overland flow depth ranges from 5 to 10 m (17 to 33 ft) in Karluk and from 10 to 15 m (33
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 ...
