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

More information: Jinyin Hu et al, A Composite Seismic Source Model for the First Major Event During the 2022 Hunga (Tonga) Volcanic Eruption, Geophysical Research Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1029 ...

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

Tonga was rocked by the eruption of the Hunga Tonga volcano in 2022, covering the most populated islands in ash. The eruption resulted in Earth's the largest atmospheric explosion on modern record ...

Tonga is a country in Polynesia made up of 171 ... was devastated by a tsunami in 2022 that was prompted by a volcanic eruption. Three people were killed.

Tonga is a country in Polynesia made up of 171 islands with ... A tsunami set off by a volcanic eruption in 2022 killed three people.

Tonga is a country in Polynesia made up of 171 ... A tsunami set off by a volcanic eruption in 2022 killed three people.

In January 2022, one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history rocks the Pacific islands of Tonga. First-person accounts of the disaster and eyewitness footage reveal the terrifying ...