Still, "clearly the reefs can recover from such damage," Purkis noted. This finding suggests these reefs may have experienced substantial damage, Purkis said.
The computer simulations also revealed that the coral reefs that fringe the Tongan islands helped suppress the waves that ultimately made their way to shore. Scientists find strange underwater volcano that 'looks like a Bundt cake' Tonga's eruption injected so much water into Earth’s atmosphere that it could weaken the ozone layer Tonga's massive volcanic eruption wiped out unique, never-before-seen life-forms The eruption's relatively distant location from urban centers also may have saved Tonga from a worse fate, the scientists noted. The low death toll is a testament to the effectiveness of safety drills and awareness efforts carried out in Tonga in the years before the eruption, Purkis said. In contrast, the 2022 eruption killed an estimated six people. The scientists said the strength of the 2022 eruption rivaled that of the 1883 eruption of Krakatau that killed more than 36,000 people.
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"A series of small blasts hailed the arrival of the big one, which generated the largest tsunami." "We show how submarine volcanic eruptions can generate massive tsunami," Purkis said. This, in turn, helped generate a mega-tsunami that lasted more than an hour.
The scientists found that the complex, shallow nature of the region's underwater terrain helped to trap low-velocity waves from the eruption.
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano on December 24, a month before the eruption.
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