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Re:Mauna Loa eruption underway; lava currently contained to ... by bell-cot on Monday November 28, 2022 @11:14AM (#33775403)
Short answer: Yes.

Longer answer: Very occasionally, a Hawaii-type volcano has a major landslide, which can create a huge tsunami - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu%CA%BBuanu_Slide

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Re:Mauna Loa eruption underway; lava currently contained to ... by UniverseHacker on Monday November 28, 2022 @06:10PM (#33781218)
Wow, I didn't know about that. A link to a model from that page suggests massive tsunami heights around the pacific, including 70m in southern california! Something of that size would be cataclysmic, and wipe out most populated areas around the pacific rim... probably not likely since it hasn't happened for a million years.
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