Damage From The Lituya Bay Tsunami Can Still Be Seen On the evening of July 9, 1958, an earthquake between 7.8 and 8.3 magnitudes struck off the coast of southern Alaska, initiating the tallest ...

A recent 7.3 magnitude earthquake off Alaska's Aleutian Peninsula triggered tsunami warnings, stirring memories of the 1958 ...

Nearly 70 years ago, the U.S. state of Alaska was hit by a gigantic wave that holds the status of the largest ever recorded.

The apocalyptic wave, which reached up to 1,720 feet (524 metres) high, smashed through the narrow fjord of Lituya Bay after a 7.8 earthquake struck a nearby tectonic boundary called the ...

Welcome to your weekly seismic update from across the state, brought to you by the Alaska Earthquake Center, where we monitor ground shaking 24-7. Over the past week, we recorded ...

Unlike during the Lituya Bay tsunami -- during which three anchored boats were sunk by or rode atop a 100-foot wall of water -- no fishermen were in Taan Bay at the time of the slide.

Both boats were anchored about a mile up Lituya Bay from the entrance. Howard Ulrich reported hearing a deafening crash that sounded like an explosion, at the head of the bay about 2 1/2 minutes ...

1958: The tallest wave ever recorded — splashing nearly 500 feet taller than the Empire State Building — explodes down Lituya Bay in the Gulf of Alaska. Lituya Bay is a T-shaped fjord on the ...

What is the largest possible tsunami? The highest tsunami ever recorded occurred in Lituya Bay, Southeastern Alaska. In July 1958, an earthquake triggered a massive landslide that tumbled into the ...

LITUYA BAY - With every distant roar, be it from Pacific surf crashing into rocks or jets flying overhead, we thought of 1958. That was the year a massive earthquake ...