Imagine a wall of water taller than the Empire State Building crashing through a quiet fjord in the dead of night. No warning ...

The spur of land between Gilbert Inlet and Lituya Bay that received the full force of the wave. Trees and soil were stripped away to an elevation of 1720 feet above the surface of Lituya Bay.

Remarkably, the giant wave was mostly localized within Lituya Bay due to its topography, preventing a wider Pacific disaster.

The recent landslide-generated tsunami in Tracy Inlet of Southeast Alaska recalls the granddaddy of them all: the giant wave ...

A magnitude 8.3 earthquake triggered a tremendous landslide into the ocean and the wave that followed reached 1,740 feet ...

The largest tsunami to have hit the United States is also the largest ever recorded. The megatsunami hit Lituya Bay, Alaska, on July 9, 1958, inundating the inlet with a wave that peaked at over ...

The spur of land between Gilbert Inlet and Lituya Bay that received the full force of the wave. Trees and soil were stripped away to an elevation of 1720 feet above the surface of Lituya Bay.

The natural event, also referred to as a mega-tsunami, obliterated tree lines and vegetation in the surrounding area.

How the tsunami impacted San Diego coast Unlike most tsunamis caused by undersea earthquakes, the unfolding of the Lituya Bay event was triggered by a landslide.