world's tallest tsunami
Published on Jan 25, 2019
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On July,9,1958 there was an earthquake along the fairweather fault in Alaska
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The earthquake loosened about 40 million yards of rock.
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The rock fell right into the lituya bay the rock fell from 3000 ft.
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The impact caused a tsunami to hit the southwest shoreline
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The force of the wave removed all trees and vegetation.
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Five people from a fishing boat died as a result of having been caught by a wave.
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There many others injured in the wave.In the bay the wave was 50 to 75 feet high..
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The tsunami hit six bays and destroyed lots of trees and boats along with other property .
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It's interesting to note that historic documents suggest that mega tsunamis are quite common in the Lituya Bay.
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Work Cited
I got my information from forbes.com and geology.com.
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Thank you for watching and listening
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