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Tsunami warning
Warning America could face 1000ft ‘mega-tsunami’ - NewsBreak
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Weather Forecaster
Alaska
Natural Disaster
Posted 7 mo ago
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The Oregon Joint Domestic Command has working on their response since 2015. I wrote the first iteration of the ESF 13 response for the Oregon Guard.
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Maj Kim Patterson
My son was in the Bearing Sea when a tsunami hit the ships. It was a life changing event
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FYI
1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami
Landslides in Lituya Bay in Southeast Alaska following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on the Fairweather Fault produced a megatsunami with 1,720 feet of run-up.
https://earthquake.alaska.edu/about-tsunamis-alaska
1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami
Landslides in Lituya Bay in Southeast Alaska following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on the Fairweather Fault produced a megatsunami with 1,720 feet of run-up.
https://earthquake.alaska.edu/about-tsunamis-alaska
Tsunamis in Alaska | Alaska Earthquake Center
In Alaska, tsunamis can strike within minutes of an earthquake. Tsunami awareness and safety are crucial to anyone who lives, works, or travels along Alaska’s coast. Historically, tsunamis generated by earthquakes in Alaska have caused damage and loss of life along the West Coast and across the Pacific Ocean. Here in Alaska, tsunamis generated by nearby earthquakes or landslides represent “near-field” hazards. This means people may have...
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