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A recent scientific study published in the journal Science has confirmed that boom sounds that emanated from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific island of Tonga were heard in Alaska. The Tonga eruption developed undersea on January 14 and erupted on January 15 – and its sounds were heard audibly more than 10,000 kilometers ....

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