Massive Greenland tsunami shook Earth for nine days - BBC News
12 September 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...
Greenland: A landslide triggered a mega-tsunami. Then came …
Sep 13, 2024 · It started with a melting glacier that set off a huge landslide, which triggered a 650-foot high mega-tsunami in Greenland last September. Then came something inexplicable: a mysterious...
A tsunami in a remote fjord rang Earth like a bell for 9 days
Sep 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.
Massive Greenland tsunami shook Earth for nine days - BBC
Sep 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...
Frozen Fury: Satellite Captures Unprecedented Tsunami in Greenland …
3 days ago · Credit: NASA Earth Observatory. The SWOT satellite captured a tsunami in Greenland’s Dickson Fjord, triggered by a massive rockslide in 2023. Over nine days, the water sloshed dramatically back every 90 seconds due to the fjord’s enclosed structure, demonstrating SWOT’s advanced capabilities in monitoring detailed water levels and aiding ...
650-foot tsunami in Greenland made waves for days ... - NBC News
Sep 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 Run-Up: Megatsunami in Greenland Sends Seismic
Sep 10, 2024 · In September 2023, a massive tsunami in remote eastern Greenland triggered seismic waves that captured the attention of researchers worldwide. The event created a week-long oscillating wave in Dickson Fjord, according to a new report in The Seismic Record.
International SWOT Satellite Spots Planet-Rumbling Greenland Tsunami
5 days ago · The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite mission, a collaboration between NASA and France’s CNES (Centre National d’Études Spatiales), detected the unique contours of a tsunami that sloshed within the steep walls of a fjord in Greenland in September 2023. Triggered by a massive rockslide, the tsunami generated ...
Climate change-triggered landslide unleashes a 650-foot mega-tsunami
Sep 12, 2024 · A new study published today in Science provides the stunning solution: In an East Greenland fjord, a mountaintop collapsed into the sea and triggered a mega-tsunami about 200 meters (650 feet)...
A rockslide-generated tsunami in a Greenland fjord rang Earth …
Sep 12, 2024 · Tsunamigenic landslides have occurred recently in Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat), but none have been reported from the eastern fjords. In September 2023, we detected the start of a 9-day-long, global 10.88-millihertz (92-second) monochromatic very-long-period (VLP) seismic signal, originating from East Greenland.