what time did earthquake hit off alaska
The 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami occurred on July 9 at 22:15:58, following an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI. The earthquake took place on the Fairweather Fault and triggered a rockslide of 30 million cubic metres to fall from several hundred metres into the narrow inlet of Lituya Bay, Alaska. The impact was heard 50 miles away, and the sudden displacement of water resulted in a megatsunami that washed out trees to a maximum elevation of 520 metre