One of the largest known submarine landslides, at the edge of Norway's continental shelf in the Norwegian Sea about 6225 to 6170 BCE. The collapse involved about 290 kilometers of coastal shelf and 3,500 cubic kilometers of debris, generating a paleotsunami across the North Atlantic that struck Scotland as far as 29 kilometers inland, and it is a key reference point in the study of submarine landslides and prehistoric tsunami hazards. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Magnitude or ScaleAbout 290 kilometers of coastal shelf collapsed, 3,500 cubic kilometers of debris displaced; tsunami reached 29 kilometers inland in Scotland with waves up to 4 meters above normal tide 1 LocationEdge of Norway's continental shelf, Norwegian Sea 1 Disputed
Death TollBelieved to have killed up to a quarter of Mesolithic Britain's population 1 Connections
Caused By
Read from this phenomenon's own Wikipedia article (Storegga Slide); earth5 pass cause judgment: Mass Wasting.
Source Wikidata: Storegga Slide
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The collapse involved an estimated 290 km (180 mi) length of coastal shelf, with a total volume of 3,500 km3 (840 cu mi) of debris, which caused a paleotsunami in the North Atlantic Ocean.
In Group: Tsunamis, Waves and Ocean Surges, Lead sentence
The three Storegga Slides (Norwegian: Storeggaraset) are amongst the largest known submarine landslides.
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