Citation

Conroy G. Nature 2023; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1038/d41586-023-01272-x

PMID

37059854

Abstract

The events following last year's massive eruption of an underwater volcano in the island nation of Tonga have been reconstructed in a simulation that captures how the resulting tsunami spread throughout the region.

The study, published on 14 April in Science Advances, shows that the blast generated waves that towered more than 40 metres high along some of Tonga's coastlines, and could offer insights that might help to improve future hazard assessments and disaster preparation.

Language: en

Keywords

Seismology; Volcanology