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What was the most powerful tsunami ever recorded, how fast was it and how high did the waves reach?
Nearly 70 years ago, Alaska witnessed the largest tsunami on record: a ‘megatsunami’ that hit the remote Lituya Bay.
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Giant Wave in Pacific Ocean Was The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' Ever Recorded
In November 2020, a freak wave appeared, lifting a lone buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters (58 feet) high. A few years later, the four-story wall of water was confirmed to be the most ...
Discover the largest tsunamis in US history, from Alaska's record-breaking Lituya Bay wave to the devastating 1964 Great ...
A magnitude 8.2 earthquake caused a tsunami that killed more than 5,200 people on Dec. 30, 1703, according to NOAA data. The ...
An 8.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the Russian coast on Tuesday, July 30, triggering a tsunami that sent waves as far as the ...
The four-story wall of water was finally confirmed a couple of years later as the most extreme rogue wave ever recorded. Such an exceptional event is thought to occur only once every 1,300 years.
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