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

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 ...

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 ...

Tonga is home to a number of volcanoes including Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, Kao, Fonualei and Home Reef. As for ways to fill your time here in Tonga, you can choose from diving on coral reefs ...

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.

Meanwhile, Chile and Ecuador did issued tsunami warnings. On Saturday, January 15, the submarine volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai, which is located off Tonga, erupted and caused a tsunami warning ...

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It noted that disturbances in the atmosphere were detected after the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano around 1 p.m. on Jan. 15. The resulting air pressure waves reached near ...

The eruptions of Home Reef, although spectacular, have had little impact on local populations, unlike the eruption of the neighboring volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai in 2022. Satellites play a ...