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Slip-sliding away

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The side of an oceanic volcano, one of the Hawaiian islands, has been caught sliding towards the sea. The distance concerned was only a few centimetres. But it could be an indicator of a huge landslip to come.

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Figure 1: Computer simulation7 of the tsunami waves that might be set off in a collapse of Kilauea's southeast flank.

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