We Now Know Why Earth Vibrated for Nine Days in 2023 - WSJ

Svennevig assembled an earth-science detective squad of 68 experts who, with seismic recordings, satellite images, field measurements, drone video and computer simulations, reconstructed what happened. The evidence revealed that 33 million cubic yards of rock and ice—the volume of 10,000 Olympic-size swimming pools—had plunged into the Dickson Fjord in eastern Greenland, triggering a tsunami. 

The massive wave crested at 650 feet above the water’s surface, throwing debris onto a nearby rock face. It settled down to 25 feet, but over the next nine days, it sloshed from one side of the fjord to the other, striking the sides with enough force to move the walls, creating the seismic signal that propagated around the planet, Svennevig said. 

The landslide was caused by a melting glacier below the mountaintop, according to the study, and Svennevig said scientists are reconsidering the kinds of natural disasters that are now possible in a warming Arctic environment.

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I didn't know the Earth had vibrated. But I bet the cause was global warming (sic). Let's see. Wait for it. Ah, yes, here it is. I guess it's too late to junk my Suburban, having already done so. I now drive an Outback, which I would rate as just ok. Perhaps some of you have recommendations for that perfect highway plus off-road capable small SUV? That doesn't contribute to shaking the Earth of course. Can't have that.