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alaska-geology
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winnipegfreepress.comscience28 days ago
Massive Alaska Landslide in Tracy Arm Fjord Generates 1,500-Foot Tsunami and Rare Global Seismic Signal
A mountainside collapse at South Sawyer glacier on Aug. 10 sent 370 million metric tons of rock into the ocean, producing a tsunami that shook the planet for days. Scientists have documented the event as only the second such global seismic vibration from a tsunami on record.