Large landslide and tsunami in Alaska
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2025 4:52 pm
Well, apparently there was a large landslide (more than 50 million meters^3) that generated a substantial tsunami.
The water, displaced by the landslide and a big chunk of the South Sawyer Glacier, ran up over 500 meters on the opposite side of the fjord.
https://www.usgs.gov/programs/landslide ... ed-tsunami
So not quite as big as the 1958 Lituya Bay wave but still big enough.
The water, displaced by the landslide and a big chunk of the South Sawyer Glacier, ran up over 500 meters on the opposite side of the fjord.
https://www.usgs.gov/programs/landslide ... ed-tsunami
So not quite as big as the 1958 Lituya Bay wave but still big enough.