EESC1168 Lecture 17: Lecture 17 geoscience 2.24
24 Feb 2017
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Lituya bay, ak focuses tsunami energy, generating extremely large waves. In 1958, a wave reached 530 m (1742 ft. ) Sheared tree stumps show something must have removed mature pine trees along the sides of the valley. Oral history records describe another large wave in 1853. Large tsunami like this are only possible in a few geological locations, like. Your chance of survival are better if you face the wave head on, and are in a small boat (like a rogue wave) Lisbon is the capital of portugal; it is located on the coast of the atlantic ocean. Very wealthy in 1755 - had built a colonial empire and operated gold mines, using enslaved brazilians. The earthquake and tsunami hit at 9:45am on all saint"s day. Much of lisbon was in church, inside stone cathedrals that were easily shaken apart. The buildings of lisbon were not built to withstand an earthquake.
