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Massive underwater eruption may preview deep-sea mining destruction

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An underwater eruption of unprecedented scale from the Hunga volcano in 2022 caused an underwater aftermath.

The Hunga eruption was so powerful that it rang Earth like a bell; it produced a shockwave that circled the globe multiple times and released a sonic boom heard as far away as Alaska .

A team of researchers set sail to the Lau Basina large underwater area surrounding Tonga where two tectonic plates meet in April 2022 .

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English

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