2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami
On 22 and 23 December 2021, 8-to-14-kilometre-high (5.0 to 8.7 mi) plumes containing sulfur dioxide drifted to the north-north-east and spread over the Niuatoputapu, Haʻapai and Vavaʻu island groups.
Tonga Eruption Blasted Unprecedented Amount of Water Into
2022年8月2日 · When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted on Jan. 15, it sent a tsunami racing around the world and set off a sonic boom that circled the globe twice. The underwater eruption in the South Pacific Ocean also blasted an enormous plume of water vapor into Earth’s stratosphere – enough to fill more than 58,000 Olympic-size swimming pools.
Remembering violent Tonga eruption three years on | RNZ News
2025年1月14日 · First person - On 15 January 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai undersea volcano erupted. It was the most powerful volcanic eruption since Krakatoa in 1883, and triggered a devastating tsunami which killed three people. The tsunami waves devastated the small islands of 'Atata and Mango, forcing the communities on both islands to relocate to the main island, …
Tonga eruption: How its impact spread so widely and violently
2022年1月18日 · A massive volcanic eruption in Tonga, on Saturday, triggered a tsunami that spread across the Pacific in a matter of hours.
Pacific News Minute: Three years since highest-recorded volcanic …
3 天之前 · The volcanic plume reached an altitude of just over 35 miles at its highest point. It exceeded the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines, which reached about 25 miles. Six people died as a result of the eruption in Tonga. The damage was relatively low due to its remote location, although it did destroy a small uninhabited island.
In depth: Surprising tsunamis caused by explosive eruption in Tonga
A volcanic eruption in Tonga on 15 January 2022 surprised scientists by triggering two types of tsunamis: “classic” tsunamis caused by the displacement of large volumes of water, and meteotsunamis caused by fast-moving pressure disturbances in the atmosphere.
Tonga Eruption Blasted Unprecedented Amount of Water Into …
2022年8月2日 · When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted on Jan. 15, it sent a tsunami racing around the world and set off a sonic boom that circled the globe twice. The underwater eruption in the South Pacific Ocean also blasted an enormous plume of water vapor into Earth’s stratosphere – enough to fill more than 58,000 Olympic-size swimming pools.
The Tonga eruption explained, from tsunami warnings to sonic …
2022年1月15日 · Just a few weeks ago, a submarine volcano identifiable by two small uninhabitable islands in the Kingdom of Tonga began to erupt. Its outburst initially seemed innocuous, with ashen plumes and...
Tonga's strange volcanic eruption was even more massive than …
2022年11月20日 · In December 2021, a volcano in the Kingdom of Tonga, known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, began erupting in an event that culminated in an explosion so powerful it sent atmospheric ripples...
A volcanic eruption sent enough water vapor into the …
2023年12月20日 · The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on January 15, 2022, produced the largest underwater explosion ever recorded by modern scientific instruments, blasting an enormous amount of water and volcanic gases higher than any other eruption in …