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An Underwater Volcano Broke Down and Pushed the Ocean in a Way Scientists Were Still Trying to Rebuild: a New Model Reshapes Tonga's Tsunami

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The Tonga tsunami, caused by the eruption of the Hunga volcano in January 2022, gained a new scientific explanation. Researchers reconstructed the collapse of its underwater boiler and discovered that the speed, depth and geometry of the sinking contributed to producing devastating waves in the Pacific. As the Tonga tsunami was caused by the collapse of...
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The Tonga tsunami, caused by the eruption of the Hunga volcano in January 2022, gained a new scientific explanation. Researchers reconstructed the collapse of its underwater boiler and discovered that the speed, depth and geometry of the sinking contributed to producing devastating waves in the Pacific. As the Tonga tsunami was caused by the collapse of...

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O Antagonista broke the news in São Paulo, Brazil on Thursday, October 22, 2026.
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