Washington Tsunami Update; 30 Ft High Tsunami Strikes Lake Roosevelt
A tsunami just struck the state of Washington, bringing a 30 foot high wave to a regional shoreline. And yet, this event on November 17th of 2024 did not occur along the coastline of the Pacific Ocean. Instead, happened more than 200 miles inland at a large body of water known as Roosevelt Lake. This video will discuss why the landslide occurred, its size, along with similar events which occurred during the last 80 years.
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[1] Jones, Fred O. et al. “Landslides along the Columbia River valley, northeastern Washington, with a section on seismic surveys.” (1961).
[2] U.S. Geological Survey
[3] U.S. Geological Survey, Washington Geologic Map, https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/state.php?state=WA
0:00 Washington Tsunami
0:28 Lake Roosevelt
2:05 Prior Tsunami Events
3:45 Glacial Deposits
4:20 Landslide Trigger
33 Comments
Thankfully, no injuries or deaths have been definitively traced to these past inland tsunami events at Lake Roosevelt. Let’s keep it that way. Only property damage (docks, businesses, boats, etc) have been recorded during past events. A photo exists of the tsunami wave right before it struck, but I do not own the licensing rights to the image in question which can be found on Facebook.
The earlier slide period coincides with early Hanford operations and may be the result of drawdowns associated with nuclear reactor operations and the need for river cooling to support those operations.
Good gold panning spot despite more landslide risk?
Nobody heard about it because it's a lie. It was only 29 feet.
It's…. an actual person! AI modeled their voices off this man, lolol
that's nothing.. have you covered the Tsunami in Alaska in the 50s? several hundred feet high.. also caused by a landslide (sorry Stevie, but The Chicks did it better, lol)
I live there and was totally unaware. Wow .. just wow 😮
The face reveal caused a tsunami of comment.
Of course….Seattle thinks it’s aaalllllll about them. Never thinking about the other 98% of the state
Thank you for the great video. I learned a lot from this. 😃
Whoa! Interesting. Thank You for the information and lesson.
it is clear that attributing the term tsunami to an event that took place completely inland is astonishing, I heard about one of these events that took place a long time ago
during the year 0563 AD in Switzerland on Lake Geneva (so very far from the sea) near Geneva a very large landslide caused a tsunami nearly 65 meters high that swept the ENTIRE lake. this event was named the Tauredunum event
A baby swell, look into latuya bay Alaska
Rats hoped you meant DC.
Elites preparing us for tsunamis in our local lakes and fountains
Are they sure this landslide wS not created by the dumping of earth from the tunnel digging projects
The dumping of earth of that sort will create the conditions that lead to the mudslidez
這是施邪法的現前！😢
Geez, 30 feet is pretty high.
Washington State resident.. It was all over the news here .
What a trippy voice!
Omfg you're a real person?! 😂
This whole time I thought you were an ai voice.
Excellent synopsis: thanks.
It did? Yeah I live here too, and didnt hear anything about a tsunami. Ah. Because it wasnt one. It was a landslide.
¿Hay versión en español de tu canal?
Mi inglés no es suficiente para entender los detalles de las explicaciones, y me gustan mucho tus vídeos, algunos los he utilizado para preparar mis clases. Gracias por contribuir a dar información que vale la pena.🎉
Man made tsunami? Wow!.. Also…I see you!
AI voice is too irritating to listen to!
So it's like sink holes. I didn't know this kind. I don't know other servants. Here in USA. What I have seen I don't know if anything has happened
Oh now I remember that very big tsunami 🌊, but unfortunately I was just a fart 💨 in my crazy as hell weed smoking 🚬 parents pants 👖 at the time 🤓
Can you imagine camping on the land and all of a sudden everything is sliding into the lake? Nightmare
Interesting
I grew up in KF. There's always chunks falling in that area.
Cool, a fellow washingtonian!
@GeologyHub Pay attention to Site C on the Peace River. They are filling it right now and the banks are unconsolidated Shales.