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- 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake - Wikipedia
The 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake occurred near the Aleutian Islands, Alaska on April 1, 1946 The shock measured ( M w ) 8 6, M t 9 3 or ( M s ) 7 4 It had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI ( Strong )
- Worlds Biggest Tsunami | 1720 feet tall - Lituya Bay, Alaska - Geology. com
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
- Lituya Bay’s Apocalyptic Wave - NASA Earth Observatory
Lituya Bay’s steep walls, the geometry of its seafloor, and the fact that it intersects a fault that is often a source of earthquakes suggests that Lituya Bay will see more tsunamis in the future After scrutinizing the bay’s geology and history for years, one scientist calculated giant waves happen there once every quarter century—a 1 in
- Mystery of Deadly 1946 Tsunami Deepens - Live Science
On April Fools Day in 1946 an earthquake off the coast of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska spawned a series of waves known as a tsunami One wave as high as a 13-story building hit locally
- Tsunami Historical Series: Aleutian Islands - 1946
On April 1, 1946 at 4:28 am (12:28 UTC), an 8 6 moment magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Unimak Island in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, generating a tsunami that caused the greatest damage and number of deaths in Hawaii’s history, leading to the creation of the United States’ first tsunami warning system
- The 10 Most Famous Destructive Tsunamis Throughout History
The Lituya Bay tsunami occurred on July 9, 1958, in Lituya Bay, Alaska, United States A massive earthquake with a magnitude of 7 8 triggered a rockslide on the side of the bay, causing a huge wave that reached an astonishing height of 1,720 feet (524 meters)
- 1946 Aleutian Tsunami - University of Washington
On April 1, 1946, at 12:29 GMT, an earthquake occurred in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska A Pacific-wide tsunami was triggered by the earthquake, which had a surface-wave magnitude of 7 8, an epicenter of 52 8° N, 163 5° W, and a focal depth of 25 km
- ‘It looks like the end of the world’: The Alaska earthquake that . . .
Damage from the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami can be seen in this aerial photograph of Lituya Bay, Alaska as the lighter areas at the shore where trees have been stripped away
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