- Science
- Global
Alaska's near‑record landslide tsunami sent a wave 1,580 feet up the fjord walls
- May 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM
- 5 views
On the evening of Aug. 9, 2025, passengers on the Hanse Explorer finished taking selfies and videos of the South Sawyer Glacier, and the ship headed back down the fjord. Twelve hours later, a landslide from the adjacent mountain unexpectedly collapsed into the fjord, initiating the second-highest tsunami in recorded history.
Originally published at Phys.org