What is the largest possible tsunami? The highest tsunami ever recorded occurred in Lituya Bay, Southeastern Alaska. In July 1958, an earthquake triggered a massive landslide that tumbled into the ...

A 1,000-foot tsunami striking the U.S. sounds like science fiction — but it’s not. In 1958, a wave over 1,700 feet tall reshaped Alaska’s Lituya Bay. Now, scientists warn it could happen again.

Unlike during the Lituya Bay tsunami -- during which three anchored boats were sunk by or rode atop a 100-foot wall of water -- no fishermen were in Taan Bay at the time of the slide.

One of the prettiest places in Southeast Alaska has felt some of nature's most violent behavior. Lituya Bay, on the Pacific coast about 100 miles southeast of Yakutat and 40 miles west of Glacier ...

Also, another past tsunami coincides with a cultural change. A 3,600-year-old tsunami, ... On July 9, 1958, a magnitude ~8.0 earthquake triggered a landslide in the remote Lituya Bay.

LITUYA BAY - With every distant roar, be it from Pacific surf crashing into rocks or jets flying overhead, we thought of 1958. That was the year a massive earthquake ...