What Precursors Foretold Greenland’s Recent 100-Meter Tsunami?

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 What Precursors Foretold Greenland’s Recent 100-Meter Tsunami?

Slippage began hours before a landslide-driven tsunami destroyed a village in northwestern Greenland.

 

By Emily Underwood 3 November 2017

On 17 June 2017, one of the tallest tsunamis in recorded history struck the small fishing village of Nuugaatsiaq in northwestern Greenland, washing away 11 houses and leaving four people dead. The 100-meter wave surprised scientists because earthquakes—which typically drive such waves—are not common in that area.

https://eos.org/research-spotlights/what-precursors-foretold-greenlands-recent-100-meter-tsunami

[thackney]

Reminds me of:

A tsunami with a record run-up height of 1720 feet occurred in Lituya Bay, Alaska. On the night of July 9, 1958, an earthquake along the Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle loosened about 40 million cubic yards (30.6 million cubic meters) of rock high above the northeastern shore of Lituya Bay.

http://geology.com/records/biggest-tsunami.shtml