‘It looks like the end of the world’: The Alaska earthquake that generated the largest tsunami in recorded history; Histories of Alaska: The wave that struck Lituya Bay on July 9, 1958, was an estimated 1,720 feet at its highest point.

  • John Newhall Williams

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Period1 Apr 2023

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  • Title‘It looks like the end of the world’: The Alaska earthquake that generated the largest tsunami in recorded history; Histories of Alaska: The wave that struck Lituya Bay on July 9, 1958, was an estimated 1,720 feet at its highest point.
    Media name/outletAnchorage Daily News (Alaska)
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    Date1/04/23
    PersonsJohn Newhall Williams