Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai - Wikipedia
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai is a submarine volcano in the Kermadec-Tonga Ridge in South Pacific, a ridge formed by the convergent boundary where the Pacific Plate is subducted by …
Tonga Eruption Blasted Unprecedented Amount of Water Into ... - NASA
Aug 2, 2022 · When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted on Jan. 15, it sent a tsunami racing around the world and set off a sonic boom that circled the globe twice. The …
2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai erupted over a span of 12 hours, releasing 1.9 km 3 (0.46 cu mi) of ejecta with an estimated mass of 2,900 teragrams. Although the eruption energy was soon …
Tonga’s volcanic eruption could cause unusual weather for the …
May 30, 2024 · Our new research predicts how Hunga Tonga’s vast underwater eruption in 2022 will change winters worldwide for years to come – as far away as Australia, North America and …
A volcanic eruption sent enough water vapor into the …
Dec 20, 2023 · The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on January 15, 2022, produced the largest underwater explosion ever recorded by modern scientific instruments, …
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai - Global Volcanism Program
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano includes small islands and shallow submarine reefs along the caldera rim of a much larger submarine edifice in the western South Pacific Ocean …
Tonga eruption: How its impact spread so widely and violently
Jan 18, 2022 · The volcano, Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai, sits 40 miles north of the capital, Nukuʻalofa. On Saturday, the centre of the volcano sank, disappearing under the sea. About …
The Tonga eruption explained, from tsunami warnings to sonic …
Jan 15, 2022 · The volcanic plume generated record amounts of lightning before producing a blast heard thousands of miles away. Here’s what geologists say drove the event—and what may …
Tonga's strange volcanic eruption was even more massive than …
Nov 20, 2022 · In December 2021, the volcano—called Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai after the two islands that sit on its rim—awoke in a series of tantrums that turned into outright turmoil on …
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Eruption, a Multi-Hazard Event
Jan 26, 2022 · Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, located in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga, has erupted three times in less than thirty days. The volcano has sporadically erupted since 2009 …