Damage from the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami can be seen in this oblique aerial photograph of Lituya Bay, Alaska as the lighter areas at the shore where trees have been stripped away.

The tallest wave ever recorded was a local tsunami, triggered by an earthquake and rockfall, in Lituya Bay, Alaska on July 9, 1958. The wave crashed against the opposite shoreline and ran …

Jul 13, 2018 · Large earthquakes sometimes start the landslides that cause megatsunamis, as in Lituya Bay, but not always. The Tyndall Glacier slide appears to have been triggered by the …

Nov 20, 2020 · The event at Lituya Bay still stands as one of the tallest tsunami waves known to science. The photo above, taken in 1958 after the tsunami, shows the ring of damage around …

Jul 31, 2025 · On the night of July 9, 1958, along the Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle, nature unleashed the largest tsunami ever recorded after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake …

Aug 22, 2025 · (Photo by Ned Rozell) The recent landslide-generated tsunami in Tracy Inlet of Southeast Alaska recalls the granddaddy of them all: the giant wave that scarred Lituya Bay in …

Q1: What caused the Lituya Bay mega-wave in 1958? A1: A magnitude 7.8 earthquake triggered a massive rockslide that fell into the narrow bay, displacing huge volumes of water and …

Aug 22, 2024 · Below, we'll take a look at the massive tsunami that occurred in Lituya Bay, Alaska, which is recognized as the largest recorded tsunami in history. Beyond that, we'll also …

Sep 23, 2025 · The incredible true story of the tallest tsunami in recorded history—a 1,720-foot wave that struck Alaska's Lituya Bay in 1958, forever changing tsunami science.

Jul 20, 2025 · In 1958, a mountainside collapsed into Alaska’s Lituya Bay, unleashing the tallest wave ever recorded on Earth — a 524-meter (1,720 ft) wall of water. This mega-tsunami …