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2023年9月7日，由英国国家海洋学中心（NOC）牵头，发表在《科学》（Science）上的一项研究证实，南太平洋岛国汤加洪阿哈阿帕伊火山2022年喷发引发了大规模水下泥石流，其流动速度为有记录以来最快，流动范围之广远超预期，导致80公里以外的海底电缆遭到严重破坏。

[1] Fastest underwater flow on Earth created by the most explosive volcanic eruption ever recorded. https://noc.ac.uk/news/fastest-underwater-flow-earth-created-most-explosive-volcanic-eruption-ever-recorded
[2] Fast and destructive density currents created by ocean-entering volcanic eruptions. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi3038