Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This animation shows the simulated tsunami wave heights generated by the M8.8 earthquake. Around 70 minutes after the earthquake, the path of the SWOT satellite appears, shown in slow motion to illustrate how the fast-moving satellite captured the tsunami and the dispersive waves that followed the main crest.

Credit: Angel Ruiz-Angulo