The Deadly 1958 Lituya Bay Wave
Geological Causes of the Megatsunami Introduction: Alaska’s Perfect Storm The Deadly 1958 Lituya Bay Wave: Tallest Wave in History On July 9, 1958, at 10:16 PM PST, a magnitude 7.8–8.3 earthquake rocked Alaska’s Fairweather Fault. Within minutes, 90 million tons of rock—equivalent to 8 million dump truck loads—plunged into the narrow fjord of Lituya Bay. […]
