Anonymous Reader writes "July marks the 50th anniversary of the world's largest tsunami — a 1720 foot-tall wave in Lituya Bay, Alaska. It was triggered by a chain reaction of events that began with a magnitude 7.7 earthquake on the Fairweather Fault, which dislodged a rock fall of 40 million cubic yards, that fell 3000 feet and splashed into the northwest end of Lituya Bay to generate the wave. This article includes: survivor accounts, map, satellite image and photos taken right after the event." Link to Original Source
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