SCIENCE FACT OF THE DAY • Tsunami On Steroids

jusoran (42)in #science • 7 years ago (edited)

… that’s even taller than the Empire State Building! The ginormous wave was caused by an earthquake of magnitude 7.7-8.3 which triggered a landslide in a remote bay along the southern coast of Alaska. Approximately 30 million cubic metres of material fell down into the ocean from a height of 914 metres (3,000 feet), generating the massive tsunami. Although this does sound like a recipe for disaster, fortunately, nobody got hurt.

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