Earthquake — Alaska: Lituya Bay

Quando

10 de jul. de 1958

Tipo

Terremoto

Magnitude

7.8

Onde

Usa

Coordenadas

58.37° N, 136.66° W

Deaths

5

Damage musd

0.1

Intensity mmi

11

Depth km

35

Geologic events off the Alaska coast

An earthquake occurred in Lituya Bay, Alaska, on July 9, 1958, at 22:15:58 PST with a moment magnitude of 7.8 to 8.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). The strike-slip earthquake took place on the Fairweather Fault and triggered a rockslide of 30 million cubic meters and about 90 million tons into the narrow inlet of the bay.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainPágina da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami: A 7.8 strike-slip earthquake in Southeast Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “mégatsunami de 1958 de la baie Lituya en Alaska”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “en la bahía de Lituya, Alaska, un fuerte terremoto de 8,3 provoca un deslizamiento de rocas dentro de la bahía”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “リツヤ湾大津波”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte

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