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  • Giant Tsunamis!

    In this article the Honolulu Star-Bulletin talks about UH Mānoa researchers who believe that tsunamis caused by giant landslides off the shoulders of the Hawaiian islands have left deposits of washed-up coral debris more than a thousand feet above sea level. (Here's the abstract from their actual journal article.)

    Who knows... one day Kīlauea might slough off a big chunk too, like the Mauna Loa, East Moloka'i, and Ko'olau volcanoes did in the distant past. Surf's up -- way up!!

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    Re: Giant Tsunamis!

    The USGS has prepared a really great map showing the seafloor around the Hawaiian islands. You can see what look like huge debris fields originating from landslides from the volcanoes. Very cool, and a little scary.

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