On July 9, 1958, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake triggered a colossal landslide in Alaska’s remote Lituya Bay. Around 90 million tons of rock plunged into the water, launching a staggering 524-meter (1,720 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rogue waves bigger than skyscrapers were once the stuff of myth, like the kraken, told over a goblet of ale by sailors in hushed ...