Megatsunami - Wikipedia
Examples of modern megatsunamis include the one associated with the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa (volcanic eruption), the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami (a landslide which caused an initial wave of 524 metres (1,719 ft)), and the 1963 Vajont Dam landslide (caused by human activity destabilizing sides of valley).
Greenland: A landslide triggered a mega-tsunami. Then came
2024年9月13日 · It started with a melting glacier that set off a huge landslide, which triggered a 650-foot high mega-tsunami in Greenland last September. Then came something inexplicable: a mysterious...
Massive Greenland tsunami shook Earth for nine days - BBC
2024年9月12日 · The researchers eventually worked out that 25 million cubic metres of rock - a volume equivalent of 25 Empire State Buildings - slammed into the water, causing a 200m-high “mega-tsunami”. In...
650-Foot Flood: The Megatsunami That Rocked Greenland’s East …
2024年8月13日 · On September 16, 2023, a massive landslide in Greenland triggered a megatsunami, creating a standing wave that oscillated in Dickson Fjord for over a week, observed worldwide through seismic stations.
650-foot tsunami in Greenland made waves for days, scientists find
2024年9月12日 · After seismologists detected abnormal vibrations, they determined that a 650-foot tsunami had occurred in Greenland. The tsunami was the result of melting glacial ice, which caused a landslide...
Megatsunami Leaves Waves Reverberating In Greenland Fjord For …
2024年9月23日 · Mass-wasting of the fjord’s southern cliffs collided with the glacier below, sending a rock-ice debris flow tumbling down the slope, culminating in a violent impact with the fjord's icy waters.
World's 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.
650-Foot Run-Up: Megatsunami in Greenland Sends Seismic
2024年9月10日 · In September 2023, a massive tsunami in remote eastern Greenland triggered seismic waves that captured the attention of researchers worldwide. The event created a week-long oscillating wave in Dickson Fjord, according to a new report in The Seismic Record.
Horizon - Mega-tsunami: Wave of Destruction - BBC
Scattered across the world’s oceans are a handful of rare geological time-bombs. Once unleashed they create an extraordinary phenomenon, a gigantic tidal wave, far bigger than any normal tsunami,...
The Biggest Mega-Tsunami in History - The Atlantic
2015年10月23日 · Geologists believe an ancient mega-tsunami carried giant boulders half-a-mile inland on the island of Santiago. (Ricardo Ramalho / Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) Rising from the Atlantic...
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