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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.
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.
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.
2 Απρ 2023 · An estimated 40 million cubic yards of mostly intact stone slid hundreds of feet before crashing into the water. The resultant wave was not just a tsunami but the largest tsunami ever...
16 Ιουλ 2023 · 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.
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.
2 Σεπ 2024 · In early August 2024, southern Alaska was struck by an atmospheric river that triggered a massive landslide in Pedersen Lagoon, resulting in a 56-foot tsunami. The landslide, which involved roughly 2 million cubic meters of rock and debris, devastated the area, flattening vegetation and damaging infrastructure.
