In order to move the "exceptional" and massive rock, the tsunami was likely around 164-feet tall - the height of the Arc de ...

At the top of a 120-foot-high cliff in Tonga sits a humongous rock—and at more than 650 feet inland, it’s staggeringly out of ...

A massive, cliff-top boulder in Tonga reveals a 7,000-year-old mega tsunami, offering new insights for coastal hazard ...

A massive boulder named Maka Lahi was recently found about 650 feet from the edge of a cliff in Tonga, and researchers ...

The events following last year’s massive eruption of an underwater volcano in the island nation of Tonga have been reconstructed in a simulation that captures how the resulting tsunami spread ...

A giant boulder in Tonga rode a wave from an ancient tsunami 7,000 years ago. The 1,300-ton rock traveled a distance twice ...

Just a stone’s throw from the ocean, indeed. Small family farms dot the southern coast of Tongatapu, the largest island of ...

Shockwave caused by Tonga underwater eruption may help scientists predict future tsunami. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 27, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 07 / 220714091104.htm ...

The wave was created when an underwater volcano — called Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai — erupted ... creating a two-stage tsunami. Coastal regions were first hit by fast moving waves triggered ...

A powerful underwater earthquake struck Friday off Tonga in the southern Pacific, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami advisory that was later lifted. The U.S. Geological Survey said the ...