{"679019":{"#nid":"679019","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Tsunami models underestimated shockwave from Tonga eruption - expert","body":"","field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHermann Fritz at Georgia Tech University in the United States said that was a critical flaw in the systems which left many scientists unable to predict exactly when the waves would hit land.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe civil engineer, who studies tsunamis, said the Hunga Tonga eruption on 15 January had unleashed an atmospheric shockwave that radiated out at close to the speed of sound.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35797","created_gmt":"2024-12-20 19:31:41","changed_gmt":"2024-12-20 19:31:41","author":"Siobhan Rodriguez","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Radio New Zealand ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/international\/pacific-news\/460661\/tsunami-models-underestimated-shockwave-from-tonga-eruption-expert","dateline":{"date":"2022-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"658168","name":"Experts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}