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NARRATOR:Eight hours later,the volcano stopped erupting. Then, at 5:15 p.m.on January 15......it produced an eruption over70 times larger......exploding with the power ofover 60 million tons of TNT and triggeringa series of tsunami waves that hit Tonga, Australia, Japan, and the Americas. Why had this volcano suddenlyproduced such an immense explosion? Why was it so much more powerful than the previous day'seruption? And is the volcano active enough to erupt again in the nearfuture?
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NARRATOR Eight hours later the volcano stopped erupting
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Then at 5 15 p m on January 15
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it produced an eruption over 70 times larger
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exploding with the power of over 60 million tons of TNT
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and triggering a series of tsunami waves
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that hit Tonga Australia
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Japan and the Americas
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Why had this volcano suddenly produced
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such an immense explosion
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Why was it so much more powerful
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than the previous day's eruption
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And is the volcano active enough
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to erupt again in the near future
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