The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai ... that unexpectedly broke on Jan 15 after a series of smaller eruptions between Dec 19, 2021, and Jan 13, 2022. "What we saw during this event was a Plinian ...

19, 2021, and Jan. 13, 2022 ... deep and 1.2 to 1.8 miles (2 to 3 km) wide. The Tonga eruption — which may have been even more powerful than the 1883 Krakatoa eruption — fed itself by ...

Consulate of the Kingdom of Tonga) Why is this important? Volcanic eruptions often start with a lot of underground mumbling months before – in Hunga’s case, it was December 2021. But all of ...

The massive volcanic eruption and tsunami in Tonga has caused catastrophic damage, with homes destroyed and many communities covered in a thick layer of ash. The Tongan government says the country ...

A massive volcanic eruption in Tonga, on Saturday, triggered a tsunami that spread across the Pacific in a matter of hours. Waves hit Australia, New Zealand and Japan as well as the west coasts of ...

On the 14th of January, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano began a gigantic eruption that would go on to peak in ferocity the next day. The uninhabited island volcano would quickly make ...

In January 2022, the most powerful explosion ever recorded with modern instruments rocked the South Pacific. Now, scientists ...

A new “major” volcanic eruption was detected in Tonga, where some 80,000 people are at risk of suffering the consequences of the one that caused a tsunami in the Pacific two days ago, a ...

James Garvin, chief scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, has explained the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai submarine volcano was “500 times more powerful than the atomic ...

Tsunamis hurtled outward, engulfing villages in Tonga’s low-lying islands and crashing into shorelines as far away as Peru. It was one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions ever recorded.

Shock waves triggered by a massive underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga on Jan. 15 were apparently responsible for tidal surges seen along Japan’s Pacific coastline, according to experts.