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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Sources/Citations:
[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