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This brief review benefitted from several news articles, social media accounts of individuals, scientific organizations, and government authorities. Though it is only a preliminary analysis of open information, we appreciate the effort of every individual and organization who contributed to collecting key details and sharing them with the public, so that the enormity of the event could be understood. We thank them all, especially the IOC-UNESCO, its PTWS and the realtime sea level monitoring facility. Our special thanks to Prof. H. K. Gupta for encouraging us to write this article.
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Manneela, S., Kumar, S. Overview of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Volcanic Eruption and Tsunami. J Geol Soc India 98, 299–304 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-022-1980-7
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