World's Biggest Tsunami | 1720 feet tall - Lituya Bay, Alaska
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 …
List of tsunamis - Wikipedia
A tsunami caused by a landslide during the 1964 Alaska earthquake reached a height of 70 m (230 ft), making it one of the largest tsunamis in recorded history. [227]
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Jul 30, 2025 · On Dec. 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake hit off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It caused a tsunami that unleashed waves more than 160 feet high, …
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Jun 7, 2023 · The biggest tsunami ever recorded reached 1720 feet high—which is taller than the Willis Tower in Chicago.
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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 …
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Aug 16, 2025 · The tsunami in Japan on March 11, 2011, was the most destructive tsunami ever recorded. On this day, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of …
NASA Just Confirmed The Biggest Tsunami Ever Recorded Is ...
On the evening of July 9, 1958, an earthquake between 7.8 and 8.3 magnitudes struck off the coast of southern Alaska, initiating the tallest recorded tsunami in human history.