Marsili
Marsili is a large undersea volcano in the Tyrrhenian Sea, about 150 kilometers (90 miles) southwest of Naples. The seamount is about 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) tall; its peak and crater are about 450 meters below the sea surface. Though it has not erupted in recorded history, volcanologists believe that Marsili is a relatively fragile-walled structure filled with large amounts of hot magma. Volcanologists with the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) announced on March 29, 2010 that Marsili could erupt at any time, and might experience a catastrophic collapse that would suddenly release vast amounts of magma in an undersea eruption and landslide that could trigger destructive tsunamis on the Italian coast.[1]
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- ^ "Undersea volcano threatens southern Italy: report". AFP. March 29, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
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If, in truth, Marsili is an undersea volcano "filled with large amounts of hot magma", then, if the walls were breached, for whatever reason, there would very likely be a tremendous "Krakataon" explosion. The result would be a HUGE tsunami caused by the tremendous displacement of the seawater, rather than a landslide.