Footage of the January 15, 2022, Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai underwater volcano eruption💥, depicting a massive ash plume rising 58 km high and shockwaves rippling across the Pacific Ocean, emphasizing its reality amid AI deepfake concerns. This VEI-5 event released energy equivalent to 61 megatons of TNT—four times the 1883 Krakatoa blast💥—triggering tsunamis🌊 that killed four in Tonga and sent waves across the globe, according to USGS data. | House of Rothschilds

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Did you know on Jan. 15, 2022, an underwater volcano on the other side of the world created a tsunami in the Pacific Ocean, including a small one here in Washington state? We talk a lot about the threat of local tsunamis from the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake fault, but a tsunami could happen without an earthquake ever being felt here. We call these distant tsunamis. You won’t always feel an earthquake. You won’t always see a tsunami coming. Sometimes, it starts very far away. Learn about

Massive underwater volcano triggers tsunami, causing damage in Tonga

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