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1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/1958_Lituya_Bay_megatsunami
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
megatsunami
gptkbp:bay
gptkb:valley
gptkbp:bayDepth
220 meters
720 feet
gptkbp:bayLength
7 miles
gptkbp:bayWidth
up to 2 miles
gptkbp:casualties
5
gptkbp:causedBy
gptkb:earthquake
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date
July 9, 1958
gptkbp:destroyedBy
vegetation along the bay
gptkbp:earthquakeMagnitude
7.8
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami
gptkbp:landslideVolume
30 million cubic meters
40 million cubic yards
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Alaska
gptkb:Lituya_Bay
gptkbp:maximumWaveHeight
1,720 feet
524 meters
gptkbp:notableFor
tallest tsunami wave ever recorded
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:1958_Lituya_Bay_earthquake
gptkbp:studiedBy
gptkb:US_Geological_Survey
gptkbp:survived
gptkb:Bill_Swanson
gptkb:Howard_Ulrich
gptkb:Sonny_Ulrich
gptkbp:triggeredBy
gptkb:earthquake
gptkbp:waveReached
gptkb:Gilbert_Inlet
opposite shore of Lituya Bay
gptkbp:waveTraveledDistanceInland
600 meters
1,980 feet
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Lituya_Bay
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6