Lituya Bay Alaska Tsunami

The recent landslide-generated tsunami in Tracy Inlet of Southeast Alaska recalls the granddaddy of them all: the giant wave that scarred Lituya Bay in 1958. Lituya Bay, on the Pacific coast about 100 ...

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On , a 7.8–8.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Fairweather Fault in southeast Alaska, triggering a massive landslide into Gilbert Inlet at the head of Lituya Bay. According to the ...

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Alaska Dispatch News: Recent landslide in Southeast recalls the giant wave of Lituya Bay in 1958

No, this wasn’t a scene from a Hollywood disaster film. It was real. On the night of , along the Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle, nature unleashed the largest tsunami ever ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the night of , along the Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle, nature unleashed the largest tsunami ever ...

Recent landslide in Southeast recalls the giant wave of Lituya Bay in 1958

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Yahoo: History’s biggest recorded tsunami happened in the US: A look back

It was a very early morning in August when an entire mountainside in Alaska’s Tracy Arm fjord detached and slid into the deep ocean water beneath it. The slide created a gargantuan splash – a ...