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Huge landslide in Greenland triggered ‘mega-tsunami’ that caused Earth to vibrate for nine days ... 2023) photos of the mountain peak and glacier, taken from the fjord (Søren Rysgaard/Danish ...
On September 16, 2023, a massive landslide occurred in Dickson Fjord, northeastern Greenland. It was triggered by a series of factors, including the glacial debuttressing due to climate change . Greenland, being highly sensitive to rising temperatures, has experienced accelerated glacial retreat and destabilization in recent years, making ...
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. The mysterious case of a 650-foot tsunami ...
It started with a melting glacier that set off a landslide, which triggered a tsunami. Then the Earth began to shake A landslide triggered a 650-foot mega-tsunami in Greenland.
Nuugaatsiaq (old spelling: Nûgâtsiaq) is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland, located on an island off the southern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula, in the Uummannaq Fjord basin. It had 84 inhabitants in 2010, [1] but was abandoned after a tsunami struck in 2017.
The coast of Karrat Fjord has been the scene of large landslides, one of which generated a megatsunami: . On 1 September 2009, a landslide consisting of 2,800,000 cubic metres (3,700,000 cu yd) of material occurred on the south-facing slope of the mountain Ummiammakku at
A tsunami stemming from a landslide was behind a surprising seismic event last year that shook the earth for nine days, researchers said. Mysterious 9-day seismic event triggered by 650-foot ...
On 16 September 2023, a significant landslide, consisting primarily of ice and rock, occurred in Dickson Fjord, triggering a 200-meter-high tsunami. However, the tsunami was not immediately observed due to a seiche formation. A seiche is a standing wave oscillating back and forth within a confined body of water, such as a fjord.