This was the biggest wave ever recorded in all of history.
And scientists are worried it could happen again…
The biggest wave ever recorded was documented in Lituya Bay, in the southeast of Alaska, when an earthquake triggered a series of events that resulted in a mega tsunami. History and science books consider it to be the largest tsunami of modern times.
On July 9th, 1958, at 10:15PM, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake caused a rock slide of around 40 million cubic yards in the Gilbert Inlet. Rocks, glaciers, and other debris fell from an altitude of approximately 3,000 feet, and the consequences were brutal.
The event resulted in the highest wave in recorded history. The mega tsunami itself measured 300 feet high, but the following breaking wave became much bigger. As the giant mountain of water traveled across the entire length of Lituya Bay, it reached a peak height of 1,720 feet near the Gilbert Inlet, then destroyed everything around it.
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The guy on the boat its Zoink
Bro a tsunami on my birthday 💀💀💀💀😭😭😭
Mpaka wivu yaan hehe
this is one top 1 demon of a wave 😮
La Tuya
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Consequences will never be the same
Gd 6.9 leaked
July 1958 and the photo says 1946 🙂
I read about this years ago there was a boat in the middle of the wave the boat survived the wave with people in it they road the wave from close to where it started the boat road or surfed it all the way out of the bay.
That would be epic to surf 🏄♂️
top 1 demon for sure
As I'm sure everyone that witnessed this is dead, Who can confirm your account?💯💯
Bro remade tidal wave
Tsunami that’s the whole ocean😮
Holly shit that's crazy 😮
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How did the person filming this know it was coming?
That is like a mile high wave? I’ve read about that wave when I was younger that happened in Alaska
Beautiful cgi
Interstellar waves….
Look at Nazaré Beach😂😂
Did we learn or theorize how to stop or counteract such a monster in the future?
We need to surf this waves.
1964
But no one witness it 💀💀💀
Dude come on. I thought it was gonna be an actual video of the wave. Clickbait.
Why on earth is there a paper boat in front of it? Why do ppl do that to themselves?
My God bless their soles.
1700 ft… I find that hard to believe. Thats 170 stories