scientists were perplexed by what could have triggered the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption, which came to be considered one of the largest volcanic events in recorded history.

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 ...

The towering undersea volcano known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai had awakened ... It was one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions ever recorded. And it was a wake-up call.

The volcanic eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai back in 2021 might’ve been the largest in over a century, but that’s far from the only eruptive activity that Tonga has seen as of late.

While most big blasts cool the planet with a sun-dimming haze, the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai in January 2022 blew the equivalent of 60,000 Olympic swimming pools of water into the ...

It noted that disturbances in the atmosphere were detected after the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano around 1 p.m. on Jan. 15. The resulting air pressure waves reached near ...

the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai undersea volcano erupted and created waves as high as 280 feet (85 meters) at the center of its blast. The strength of that eruption, Purkis and his colleagues ...

unlike the eruption of the neighboring volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai in 2022. Satellites play a crucial role in monitoring these underwater volcanoes, offering a quick and safe method to observe ...

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