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Nov 13, 2026 NAU in the news

Scientists finally uncover why Japan’s devastating 131-foot tsunami was so massive

colorful rendering of the seafloor in the Pacific ocean
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Fifteen years after Japan’s disastrous 2011 earthquake, associate professor Christine Regalla and a cadre of international colleagues took large samples of the seafloor to understand what made the deadly tsunami so massive.

SURFER featured Regalla’s research in a 30-minute documentary.  

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