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Shane Cronin, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

How underwater ‘booms’ could provide earlier warning of deadly volcanic tsunamis

NASA Worldview

The massive January 2022 eruption of Hunga volcano in the Kingdom of Tonga took the world by surprise.

It blasted a plume more than 50km into the atmosphere, sent pressure waves around the globe and generated a series of tsunamis, devastating parts of Tonga and killing at least three people.

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