When Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, an underwater volcano near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean, erupted in 2022, scientists ...

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

Two years ago, the Hunga Tonga underwater volcano erupted with devastating ... However, upon further analysis, they realized ...

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 ...

When Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai ... ozone on the interaction between solar radiation and the Earth’s heat. This detailed analysis helped them determine how the volcanic eruption changed the movement of ...

Then, a roar from below the water. The towering undersea volcano known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai had awakened, and on a balmy afternoon in January 2022 it began blasting its insides into the ...

The activity of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano generated high waves and alerts in several Pacific countries. A new “major” volcanic eruption was detected in Tonga, where some 80,000 ...

It noted that disturbances in the atmosphere were detected after the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga ... kilometers from the volcano, around 8:40 p.m., according to an analysis of images ...

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.

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.