The largest-ever tsunami wave was recorded in Alaska’s Lituya Bay in 1958 following an earthquake and a colossal landslide, and towered at a whopping 1720 feet. Their wave periods—or the time ...

Tsunamis are actually a series of waves, but are catagorized by the magnitude of the largest wave of the set. There are two types of tsunamis ... A wave, over 100 feet in height, also swept out of the ...

Tsunamis, like regular waves, consist not of moving water ... and in some cases stronger than the initial impact. The biggest tsunami recorded was 1,720 feet tall on July 9th, 1958 in Lituya ...