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 ...

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

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

On Tonga's Tongatapu island, Maka Lahi, a massive coral boulder, stands as evidence of a 15th-century megatsunami. This 1,200 ...

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

Here’s how it works. The Tonga underwater volcanic eruption rivaled the strength of the largest U.S. nuclear bomb and produced a "mega-tsunami" nearly the height of a 30-story skyscraper ...

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 huge tsunami hit a cliff in Tonga 7000 years ago and carried a 1200-tonne boulder 200 metres inland, making it the biggest ...

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 ...

just southwest of Tonga. In January, a volcanic eruption caused a tsunami that damaged or destroyed villages, resorts and knocked out an underwater communications cable. 24/7 coverage of breaking ...