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Only the waves bigger than 100 meters are considered mega tsunamis, there are only a few mega tsunami registred in high earth activity places like Japan, Noruega, Chile, etc.
The wave of Lituya Bay is considered the biggest mega tsunami in the history.
The zone was a protected park so it was inhabited, but that day there were three fishing boats in the bay that were victims of the massive wave.
Lituya Bay
The day of July 9, 19958 in Lituya Bay at the 22:15 local hours, begans a earthquake of 7.8 and later of 8.3 magnitude.
The earthquake literally made an entire mountain fall in the bay, elevating the water to make a 516 meters wave, the biggest ever registred, the wave advanced at a speed of 200km per hour to the entrance of the bay.
The boat of Vivian and Bill Swanson, the Badger, was dragged by the wave to the entrance of the bay were finally sank, Vivian and Bill were saved by another boat
Howard Uhlrich and his son evaded the wave and survived.
Orville Wagner and his wife unfortunately died drowned by the wave