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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 26, 2014 - 11:40am PT
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hey there say, xkyczar... wow, thanks for the link...
and mooser, say, thanks for the before and after...
i always like to study those...
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Feb 26, 2014 - 11:45am PT
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Now that's what I call Mass Wasting!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 26, 2014 - 12:00pm PT
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Only about 15 miles away is the site of the Lituya Bay Megatsunami of 1958.
Wiki:
"The 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami occurred on July 9, 1958, when a large,
8.3 magnitude earthquake on the Fairweather Fault triggered a landslide
that caused 30 million cubic metres of rock and ice to fall into the
narrow inlet of Lituya Bay, Alaska.[3] The sudden displacement of water
resulted in a wave runup of 516 metres (1,720 feet) in height.[3] This is
the highest recorded megatsunami and the largest known in modern times.
The event forced a re-evaluation of large wave events, and recognition of
impact and landslide events as a previously unknown cause of very large waves."
1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami
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