In 1958, a remote corner of Alaska witnessed a natural disaster so extreme, it still holds the record for the tallest tsunami wave in history. Known as a “megatsunami,” the event in Lituya Bay ...

No, this wasn’t a scene from a Hollywood disaster film. It was real. On the night of July 9, 1958, along the Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle, nature unleashed the largest tsunami ever ...

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 Bay, ...

On the night of July 9, 1958, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake along the Fairweather Fault in southeast Alaska shook loose about 40 million cubic yards of rock 4 million dump truck loads high above the ...

Largest Tsunamis in the US: It is never easy to predict how strong a tsunami can be, but some of the biggest waves ever recorded have hit the US coast head-on. These are more than just footnotes in ...

Record-breaking wave: Scientists confirmed a 1,580-foot tsunami run-up in Tracy Arm fjord, second only to Alaska’s 1958 Lituya Bay event. Glacier retreat link: The landslide was linked to glacier melt ...

The recent landslide-generated tsunami in Tracy Inlet of Southeast Alaska recalls the granddaddy of them all: the giant wave that scarred Lituya Bay in 1958. Lituya Bay, on the Pacific coast about 100 ...

Historic wave height: Researchers confirmed the tsunami reached 1,578 feet, second only to the 1958 Lituya Bay event. Cruise route changes: Major cruise lines have canceled trips into Tracy Arm for ...