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The hulking rock, called Maka Lahi, is the size of a two-story house and sits on a 120-foot-tall cliff, covered in vegetation ...
A massive boulder named Maka Lahi was recently found about 650 feet from the edge of a cliff in Tonga, and researchers ...
The rock called Maka Lahi is important in the mythology of the people of Tonga, and scientists have worked out part of its ...
Analysis has shown a boulder weighing almost 1,200 tons in Tonga is one of the largest known wave-transported rocks in the ...
A huge tsunami hit a cliff in Tonga 7000 years ago and carried a 1200-tonne boulder 200 metres inland, making it the biggest ...
The researchers used numerical modelling to establish that wave heights of around 50 metres, and lasting around 90 seconds, ...
Enormous boulder washed inland a sign of Pacific tsunami history Date: May 21, 2025 Source: University of Queensland Summary: Analysis has shown a boulder weighing almost 1,200 tons in Tonga is ...
A mysterious and highly active undersea volcano off the Pacific Coast could erupt by the end of this year, scientists say.
Analysis has shown a boulder weighing almost 1,200 tonnes in Tonga is one of the largest known wave-transported rocks in the ...