Watch a Tsunami be Generated by a Volcanic Eruption

On October 12th of 2022, a small tsunami was generated by a volcanic eruption of Mount Stromboli in Italy. This video displays the entire sequence of events which created the tsunami via a pyroclastic flow entering the Mediterranean Sea. Although this tsunami was relatively small, other recent ones at Stromboli in the last 1,000 years were incredibly destructive. However, the recent tsunami provides an excellent case study for determining how volcanic tsunamis form.

Source of Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) methodology and criteria: Newhall, C. G., and Self, S. (1982), The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) an estimate of explosive magnitude for historical volcanism, J. Geophys. Res., 87( C2), 1231– 1238, doi:10.1029/JC087iC02p01231. Accessed / Read on Oct 5 2022.

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