The 1958 Lituya Bay Alaska Earthquake and Megatsunami: 1,719 Feet Tall? #historicaltidbits #history #naturaldisaster #tsunami #nature | Historical Tidbits

✔#Tsunami en la historia... 🔹La ola gigante más grande de la que se tenga registro en el mundo, fue el tsunami de Bahía Lituya. Un desastre natural ocurrido el 9 de julio de 1958 en la bahía Lituya, al noreste del golfo de #Alaska. 🔹Un fuerte sismo de magnitud 8,3 hizo que se generara una #ola de 520 metros. Este evento se califica hasta el día de hoy, como el #megatsunami más grande de la historia. 📹@EvaSmartAI - RCM | Red Climática Mundial

In 1958 at Lituya Bay in southern Alaska, a 7.8 magnitude Earthquake struck the area of Lituya Bay and triggered a sudden collapse of a mountain comprising of at least 30 Million Cubic meters of material that plunged into the bay. The resulting wave forced and splashed its way 1,719 feet up a near mountain peak directly across from the site of collapse. The wave then bounced around through the bay destroying forests up to 700 feet in elevation from the shore. This event is considered the largest