Lituya Bay is a fjord located on the Fairweather Fault in the northeastern part of the Gulf of Alaska.It is a T-shaped bay with a width of 2 miles (3 km) and a length of 7 miles (11 km). [8] Lituya Bay is an ice-scoured tidal inlet with a maximum depth of 722 feet (220 m).

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.

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Tsunami awareness and safety are crucial to anyone who lives, works, or travels along Alaska’s coast. Historically, tsunamis generated by earthquakes in Alaska have caused damage and loss of life along the West Coast and across the Pacific Ocean.

2023年4月2日 · The resultant wave was not just a tsunami but the largest tsunami ever recorded, a megatsunami. At an estimated 1,720 feet high at its highest, it would have dwarfed every …

2020年11月22日 · In 1899, an earthquake triggered a giant wave that destroyed a native village and drowned 5 people on the island. Another tsunami wave hit in 1936. But it was in 1958 that Lituya Bay’s unpredictable waters reared up in truly apocalyptic fashion.

Many places along Alaska’s rugged coast are poised for landslides above or below the ocean’s surface. A major earthquake or landslide near the coast could generate a tsunami. What causes tsunamis in Alaska? What are the differences between tsunamis caused by local sources vs. distant sources?

Coastal Alaska communities live with the most serious tsunami risk in the United States. Historically, tsunamis generated by earthquakes in Alaska have caused damage and loss of life along the West Coast and across the Pacific.

On July 10, 1958, the largest tsunami on record occurred in Lituya Bay, Alaska. It was caused by the fall of 90 million tons of rock and ice following a local earthquake. The wave was so powerful that it washed 500 meters up a mountain on the opposite shore.

2023年7月16日 · A tsunami advisory issued after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska late Saturday has since been canceled, officials said.