Scientists have solved the mystery of a 650-foot mega-tsunami
WEBSep 13, 2024 · It started with a melting glacier, which set off a landslide, which triggered a 650-foot high mega-tsunami in Greenland. Then came something inexplicable.
A Mysterious Seismic Signal Lasted Nine Days Last Year. It Was a …
WEB3 days ago · A mountain in the Dickson Fjord after 33 million cubic yards of its rock and ice collapsed in a landslide. Søren Rysgaard. In September last year, scientists around the globe picked up an...
A tsunami in a remote fjord rang Earth like a bell for 9 days - AAAS
WEBSep 12, 2024 · The seismic waves continued to radiate worldwide for 9 days, ringing Earth like a giant bell. Now, scientists have tracked these mysterious signals to their source—a colossal landslide in a remote Greenland fjord that sparked tsunami waves up to 200 meters tall, the team reports today in Science. Like sloshing water in a …
Massive Greenland tsunami shook Earth for nine days
WEBSep 12, 2024 · A massive landslide in a Greenland fjord triggered a wave that “shook the Earth” for nine days. The seismic signal last September was picked up by sensors all over the world, leading scientists...
Mysterious 9-day seismic event was caused by a mega tsunami …
WEBSep 12, 2024 · The gigantic wave, measuring 650 feet (200 meters) high, sloshed back and forth inside East Greenland's Dickson Fjord for nine days in September 2023, its movement sending seismic waves...
650-foot tsunami in Greenland fjord made waves that lasted 9 ... - NBC News
WEBSep 12, 2024 · A 650-foot tsunami in Greenland was the result of melting glacial ice that caused a landslide. The waves it created bounced back and forth for nine days.
650-Foot High Megatsunami in Greenland Sends Seismic Waves …
WEBSep 10, 2024 · A 2023 megatsunami in Greenland, caused by a large rockslide, was analyzed globally for its seismic signals, which revealed a week-long oscillating wave in Dickson Fjord, helping researchers study geological instabilities in climate-sensitive areas.
Mystery seismic waves that rippled around Earth for nine days …
WEBSep 12, 2024 · A new study shows the signal was produced by a landslide into a Greenland fjord, which created a 200m-high wave that sloshed back and forth like water in a bathtub.
Greenland landslide caused freak wave that shook Earth for nine …
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Hicks and others have now shown that this signal was caused by water sloshing from side to side across the 2.7-kilometre-wide Dickson Fjord in eastern Greenland.
Megatsunami in Greenland Produced Waves That Lasted an Entire …
WEBAug 26, 2024 · Using data obtained from satellites and seismic activity stations – measuring shock waves as they reverberate around Earth – the researchers were able to identify both a high-energy landslide that triggered the megatsunami in the Dickson Fjord, as well as the subsequent seiche that lasted for days.
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