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Tonga Trench tsunamis

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center May 2022 (approx.)
Screenshot of a computer-generated animation of tsunami waves.
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Screenshot of an idealized animation of tsunamis produced by the 15 January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano in the Kingdom of Tonga. Watch the animation.

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