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Why a tsunami went on … and on … and on …

An earthquake off the west coast of Mexico sent tsunami wave bouncing around Acapulco Bay for hours on end, thanks in part to local geology.
Outside view of the damage to a Circle K building at night

An earthquake that damaged buildings in Acapulco, Mexico, in 2021 also set off a tsunami that lasted more than half a day. Credit: David Guzman/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

A tsunami that reverberated for more than 15 hours around Acapulco Bay, on Mexico’s Pacific coast, stemmed from a rare combination of oceanographic coincidences1.

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Nature 610, 422 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03143-3

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  1. Melgar, D., Ruiz-Angulo, A., Crowell, B. W., Fielding, E. J. & Solano-Hernandez, E. A. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120220098 (2022).

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