In 1958, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake triggered a rockslide into Southeast Alaska's Lituya Bay, creating a tsunami that ran 1,700 feet up a mountainside before racing out to sea.
Researchers now think the region's widespread loss of glacier ice helped set the stage for the quake.
In a recently published research article,...
Melting Glaciers Contribute To Alaska Earthquakes
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