New study explains why tsunami signals last year in Greenland …
WEB3 hours ago · In a paper published last week in Science magazine, researchers describe how a tsunami became trapped inside Dickson Fjord, Greenland, in September 2023 after a mountaintop collapsed. The ...
Massive Greenland tsunami shook Earth for nine days - BBC News
WEBSep 12, 2024 · A massive landslide in a Greenland fjord triggered a wave that “shook the Earth” for nine days. The seismic signal last September was picked up by sensors all over the world, leading scientists...
Greenland tsunami made the Earth 'ring' for 9 days, new research ...
WEB1 day ago · It took an international team of scientists using satellite data, seismometers and ground searches to trace the source of the signal to the Dickson Fjord on the east coast of Greenland.
Greenland: A landslide triggered a mega-tsunami. Then came …
WEBSep 13, 2024 · For years, the glacier at the base of a huge mountain towering nearly 4,000 feet above Dickson Fjord had been melting, as many glaciers are in the rapidly warming Arctic.
A tsunami in a remote fjord rang Earth like a bell for 9 days
WEBSep 12, 2024 · The seismic waves continued to radiate worldwide for 9 days, ringing Earth like a giant bell. Now, scientists have tracked these mysterious signals to their source—a colossal landslide in a remote Greenland fjord that sparked tsunami waves up to 200 meters tall, the team reports today in Science. Like sloshing water in a …
650-foot tsunami in Greenland made waves for days, scientists find
WEBSep 12, 2024 · That destabilized a steep mountainside, sending a rock and ice avalanche crashing into Greenland’s deep Dickson Fjord. That displaced a massive volume of water, so a towering wave traveled...
650-Foot High Megatsunami in Greenland Sends Seismic Waves …
WEBSep 10, 2024 · A 2023 megatsunami in Greenland, caused by a large rockslide, was analyzed globally for its seismic signals, which revealed a week-long oscillating wave in Dickson Fjord, helping researchers study geological instabilities in climate-sensitive areas.
Mystery seismic waves that rippled around Earth for nine days …
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Seismic signal of Dickson Fjord landslide detected at DK.SCO station in Greenland. (Supplied: Science) And bizarrely, the signal repeated every few hours for nine days. As it repeated, the signal also tapered off extremely slowly, far slower than expected from something like an earthquake.
Scientists cracked the mysterious case of a 9-day rumble heard …
WEBSep 12, 2024 · The avalanche plunged into the Dickson Fjord, triggering a 650-foot-high tsunami — one of the highest seen in recent history.
Mysterious 9-day seismic event was caused by a mega tsunami …
WEBSep 12, 2024 · The gigantic wave, measuring 650 feet (200 meters) high, sloshed back and forth inside East Greenland's Dickson Fjord for nine days in September 2023, its movement sending seismic waves...
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