Alaska fjord megatsunami in August 2024 ranked second-highest on record
A massive wave formed when approximately 64 million cubic meters of rock detached from a mountainside near the South Sawyer glacier and fell into Tracy Arm fjord in southeast Alaska on August 10, 2024. The resulting wave reached approximately 1,500 feet (500 meters) in height, making it the second-tallest tsunami ever recorded. Scientists analyzed the event afterward, finding it generated seismic vibrations that circulated globally for days and posed significant risk had people or cruise ships been in the vicinity.
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