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The Tonga eruption may have spawned a tsunami as tall as the Statue of Liberty

The blast also created an atmospheric pressure wave that generated especially fast-moving tsunamis

A view from space of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano eruption

The underwater eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on January 15, 2022, generated tsunamis that may have started out as a mound of water 90 meters tall.

NASA Earth Observatory

By Sid Perkins

- More than 2 years ago

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The massive Tonga eruption generated a set of planet-circling tsunamis that may have started out as a single mound of water roughly the height of the Statue of Liberty.