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 ...

The 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga volcano may have been triggered by the release of underground energy totaling as much as five nukes exploding all at once, scientists have found. Until this ...

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Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (Hunga Tonga for short) erupted on January 15 2022 in the Pacific Kingdom of Tonga. It created a tsunami which triggered warnings across the entire Pacific basin, and sent ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KGO) -- For many in the Tongan community, it has been an emotional rollercoaster. After an underwater volcano erupted in the South Pacific, the nearby island country of Tonga was ...

A volcanic eruption in the South Pacific was so powerful that its shockwaves left the planet and reached space, new research shows. The 2022 underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai eruption, one of the ...

The government called the eruption an "unprecedented disaster." The Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcanic eruption last week caused widespread damage to the Pacific Island nation of Tonga, with a huge ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand and Australia have sent military surveillance flights to assess the damage in Tonga caused by Saturday's huge undersea volcanic eruption. Communications with the ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KGO) -- New images show just how much ash is covering parts of Tonga after a massive volcano eruption Saturday, which triggered a tsunami. Reuters reports ash is so heavy at the ...

(Reuters) - Tonga’s massive underwater volcanic eruption could deliver long-lasting damage to coral reefs, erode coastlines and disrupt fisheries, say scientists studying satellite images and looking ...