On July 9, 1958, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake triggered a colossal landslide in Alaska’s remote Lituya Bay. Around 90 million tons of rock plunged into the water, launching a staggering 524-meter (1,720 ...

In 1958, a remote Alaskan fjord produced the tallest wave in recorded history when a 90-million-ton slab of mountain rock plunged into Lituya Bay. The impact launched water upward into a 1,720-foot ...