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  2. Volcanic tsunami - Wikipedia

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    A volcanic tsunami, also called a volcanogenic tsunami, is a tsunami produced by volcanic phenomena. About 20–25% of all fatalities at volcanoes during the past 250 years have been caused by volcanic tsunamis. The most devastating volcanic tsunami in recorded history was that produced by the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. The waves reached ...

  3. Tsunami - Wikipedia

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    Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes, landslides, volcanic explosions, glacier calvings, and bolides. They cause damage by two mechanisms: the smashing force of a wall of water travelling at high speed, and the destructive power of a large volume of water draining off the land and carrying a large amount of debris with it, even with waves that do ...

  4. What causes a tsunami? An ocean scientist explains the ... - AOL

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    Only about 12 hours after the initial eruption, tsunami waves a few feet Gado via Getty ImagesOn Jan. 15, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in Tonga erupted, sending a tsunami racing ...

  5. List of tsunamis - Wikipedia

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    1741 eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami: Volcano: On 29 August 1741, the western side of the Oshima Peninsula, Ezo was hit by a tsunami caused by an eruption of the volcano on the island of Ōshima. The tsunami itself is believed to have been the result from a landslide of a partly underwater landslide triggered by the eruption.

  6. Indonesia issues tsunami alert after volcano erupts on remote ...

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    Indonesian authorities on Wednesday ordered hundreds of villagers to evacuate following multiple eruptions of a remote island volcano, raising fears it could collapse into the sea and trigger a ...

  7. Tonga Volcanic Eruption and Tsunami: Satellite Images Reveal ...

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    Satellite images show the moment an undersea volcano in the Pacific nation of Tonga erupted and triggered a tsunami, which damaged the archipelago’s coastline. Many homes were destroyed and vast ...

  8. 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami

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    Tsunamis are most frequently caused by earthquakes, while those caused by volcanic eruptions are rare. [83] [84] Fewer than 100 volcanic tsunamis were recorded in the prior two centuries. [83] According to an official at GNS Science, the suspected cause of the tsunami was an undersea eruption that destroyed part of the island on 14 January ...

  9. A Tsunami Has Killed Hundreds in Indonesia. Here's What to ...

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    "We just don't know how unstable the volcano is," says one expert A Tsunami Has Killed Hundreds in Indonesia. Here's What to Know About the Latest Deadly Natural Disaster to Hit the Country