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

The rock called Maka Lahi is important in the mythology of the people of Tonga, and scientists have worked out part of its ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Video / @niwa_nz An eruption-driven tsunami towered 20m high when it ... The gargantuan eruption of the underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano created the planet’s largest explosion ...

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, an underwater volcano in the South Pacific ... It triggered a 7.4 magnitude earthquake, sending tsunami waves crashing into the island that were felt as far away ...

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 ...

LONDON -- A powerful, shallow underwater earthquake struck Friday near Tonga in the southern Pacific, prompting authorities to issue and then lift a tsunami advisory. The U.S. Geological Survey ...