A 2022 satellite photo shows smoke rising from a caldera on Tofua, highlighting the "looming threat" of the volcanic island.

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.

It released a huge amount of energy, triggering a tsunami that reached incredible ... amount of aerosols and water vapor ...

An approximately 2-hectopascal increase in atmospheric pressure from Tonga toward Japan ... said it did not expect tsunami to hit Japan following the volcanic eruption. But it issued a tsunami ...

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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 ...

The Pacific nation of Tonga has issued a tsunami warning after an undersea volcano erupted on Saturday, sending large waves crashing across the shore. There were no immediate reports of injuries or ...

The Nasa Earth Observatory said earlier that the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano spewed debris as high as 40km into the atmosphere during the eruption that triggered huge tsunami waves.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep concern over the reports of a tsunami, affecting Tonga following the eruption of an undersea volcano near the Pacific nation. In a statement, ...

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 ...

Meanwhile, from the Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation of the Peruvian Navy, they indicated that the volcanic eruption in Tonga “does not generate a tsunami on the Peruvian coast” and ...