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In geology, "landslides" are referred to as mass wasting. There are many specific types of mass wasting including mudflows, debris flows, earth flows, rock falls, debris falls, rock slides, debris slides, lahars, avalanches, solifluction, slump, and creep.
Seen here is a tsunami debris deposit at Williams Cove in southeastern Alaska. The material was deposited by a landslide-generated tsunami on 10 August 2025.
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Caption from the United States Geological Survey:
Photo of tsunami-inundated shoreline at Williams Cove, near the mouth of Tracy Arm.
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Info. from the United States Geological Survey:
A landslide above the toe of the South Sawyer Glacier failed into the waters of Tracy Arm, south of Juneau, Alaska, producing a tsunami on Sunday, August 10th, 2025, at 5:26 AM, Alaska Daylight Time / 13:26 Universal Time. No injuries or fatalities have been reported. This page may be updated as more information about the event is obtained.
Steep, mountainous landslide areas are inherently unstable and will continue to change for years following an initial landslide. Continued rockfall and smaller-scale landslide events from the exposed landslide scar are expected and could impact the water, potentially causing future local tsunami. As such, this area remains hazardous.
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In the early morning of August 10th, 2025, a landslide occurred in Tracy Arm, Alaska, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) south-southeast of Juneau. The landslide generated a tsunami in the fiord. The Alaska Earthquake Center first detected this event, noting seismic waves indicative of a landslide occurring at about 5:30 AM local time. Kayakers camped on Harbor Island, located at the mouth of Tracy Arm, reported their gear being swept away by a wave. Preliminary interpretation of photos taken by kayakers in the area indicates that the landslide generated a tsunami at least 30 meters (approximately 100 feet) high at Sawyer Island, a small island located where the fiords containing South Sawyer and North Sawyer glaciers meet. The tsunami was also recorded far from the landslide on a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration coastal tide gauge in Juneau. The National Tsunami Warning Center reported that the maximum tsunami wave height at the gauge was 36 centimeters (approximately 14 inches) above the tide, and that the waves continued for hours.
A satellite image acquired on Wednesday, August 13th clearly shows the landslide location on the north side of the fiord containing South Sawyer Glacier. Some or most of the material appears to have directly entered the water adjacent to the terminus of the glacier. Preliminary estimates indicate a volume of up to ~100 million cubic meters (~130 million cubic yards). On Wednesday, August 13th, United States Geological Survey personnel conducted a helicopter-borne aerial survey of the area, capturing photos. Satellite and digital elevation model analysis indicate a runup height of 470–500 meters (1500–1600 feet) opposite the landslide. Runup heights reported here are preliminary and are subject to change with additional field validation.
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Landslides that form above, and which could fail into water bodies including lakes, fjords, and bays, are relatively common in the steep and glaciated mountains of Alaska. The 1958 Lituya Bay landslide-generated tsunami had a peak runup of 530 meters (~1,740 feet). In 2015, a large landslide in Taan Fjord generated a tsunami with runup directly across from the landslide exceeding 190 meters (620 feet). Most recently, in August 2024 a landslide produced a tsunami 17 meters (56 feet) high in Pedersen Lagoon.
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