what is the biggest tsunami on record?
The biggest tsunami on record occurred in 1958 on the 9th of July in Lituya Bay, Alaska. It was the middle of the night when a earthquake broke out at Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle, causing a tsunami in Lituya Bay, the wave reached up to the massive heights of 1720 feet (524 meters) above sea level five people where killed in result 3 of them where standing on the beach and the other 2 were in there boat and it sunk killing them both four people managed to get around the wave using boats to ride the end of the wave to safety two of them where rescued from a dinghy after their boat sank, and the two people pilot out of the bay using all the strength they had on their on risk as the water was still swirly but eased enough to escape, The tsunami caused a lot of destruction and sadness and is now listed as the worlds biggest tsunami.
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