Geoscientists studying 200m-high wave that hit Greenland coast last year warn of potentially disastrous impact
was hit by a megatsunami. Triggered by a large landslide entering the uninhabited Dickson Fjord, the resulting tsunami was 200 metres high – equivalent to more than 40 double-decker buses.
Luckily no one was hurt, though a military base was obliterated. Now analysis of the seismic data associated with the event has revealed that the tsunami was followed by a standing wave, which continued to slosh back and forth within the narrow fjord for many days. Angela Carrillo Ponce from the German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, analysed the seismic data, recorded at earthquake monitoring stations more than 3,000 miles away, and found signals persisting long after the 16 September 2023 landslide event.
Using satellite images and computer modelling, Ponce and her colleagues were able to confirm the presence of a standing wave of about 1 metre in height which lasted for more than a week.Smaller events have been observed a number of times in recent years, such as the rock avalanche into western Greenland’s Karrat Fjord in 2017, which triggered a tsunami that flooded the village of Nuugaatsiaq, destroying 11 houses and killing four people.
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