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"path": "/2026/05/07/megatsunami-in-alaskas-tracy-arm-was-the-second-highest-ever-measured/",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-07T20:34:25.000Z",
"site": "https://alaskabeacon.com",
"tags": [
"Economy & Environment",
"Alaska Earthquake Center",
"Barry Arm",
"cruise ships",
"Ezgi Karasözen",
"landslide",
"Lituya Bay",
"Prince William Sound",
"Tracy Arm",
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"University of Alaska Fairbanks"
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"textContent": "When a wall of rock collapsed into Southeast Alaska’s Tracy Arm last August, it triggered one of the highest-reaching tsunamis ever recorded in the world. The event happened to be in a place heavily visited by cruise ships. A study newly published in the journal Science describes its massive magnitude. The landslide dumped 64 million […]",
"title": "Megatsunami in Alaska’s Tracy Arm was the second-highest ever measured"
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