World's Tallest Tsunami, world record in Lituya Bay, Alaska
Lituya Bay, Alaska, United States--On July 10, 1958, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurred on the Fairweather Fault in southeast Alaska; it caused significant geologic changes in the region, including areas that experienced uplift and subsidence; it also caused a rockfall in Lituya Bay that generated a wave with a maximum...
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