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volkk
on May 24, 2019
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Ship spies largest underwater eruption ever
is this too deep for a tsunami effect? can underwater volcanoes cause tsunamis?
cobbzilla
on May 24, 2019
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The article says it’s too deep to cause a tsunami, at least where the quakes are now. If seismic activity starts moving towards land and a big quake is close enough, a shelf-collapse could cause one.
foota
on May 24, 2019
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That would be scary, seeing as I believe the largest tsunami ever was created via a similar mechanism.
Edit: not the largest, but large. See:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storegga_Slide
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