In remembrance of the 325th anniversary of the last time the Cascadia Subduction Zone lost its grip, on Jan. 26, 1700, wreaking havoc on the Oregon Coast, a wave-height rerun about the “Eight of the ...

The largest-ever tsunami wave was recorded in Alaska’s Lituya Bay in 1958 following an earthquake and a colossal landslide, and towered at a whopping 1720 feet. Their wave periods—or the time ...

However, the tallest tsunami ever recorded was the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami in Alaska, which reached a height of 1,719 feet (524 meters). For comparison, the Empire State Building stands at ...