Tallest Wave Ever Recorded

A 524-meter mega-tsunami that stripped trees off mountain slopes in 1958/Collective & Conceptual

The tallest wave ever recorded occurred on July 9, 1958, in Lituya Bay, Alaska, when a massive rockslide triggered by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake dropped approximately 30 million cubic meters of rock into the narrow inlet. The impact generated a mega-tsunami that surged up the opposite slope to a height of 524 meters (1,720 feet), stripping all trees and vegetation up to that elevation. This is taller than the Empire State Building (443 m to roof) and nearly as tall as the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa (828 m). Three fishing boats were in the bay at the time; two survived by riding over the wave crest, while one boat and its crew of two were lost.