This video shows an animation on how the July 17, 1998 tsunami might have looked from a vantage point above Papua New Guinea.
The recorded magnitude of the earthquake was 7.1, and the epicenter was located in northern New Guinea near the coast.
Courtesy of USGS.
For more information and to find the original animation, visit:
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/PNG.html
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