Tonga Eruption Blasted Unprecedented Amount of Water Into ... - NASA
WEBAug 2, 2022 · 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 ...
Photos capture devastation from Tonga volcano eruption
WEBJan 21, 2022 · The Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcanic eruption last week caused widespread damage to the Pacific Island nation of Tonga, with a huge mushroom plume engulfing the kingdom and nearly 50-foot tsunami waves crashing ashore, devastating local villages. The volcano is mostly underwater with just the top of …
Record-smashing Tonga volcano sheds new light on how …
WEBJan 26, 2024 · A little over two years ago, the most powerful underwater volcano ever recorded erupted off the coast of the tiny island nation of Tonga in the Pacific Ocean, about 2,000 kilometres from New...
The Tonga eruption explained, from tsunami warnings to sonic …
WEBJan 15, 2022 · The volcanic plume generated record amounts of lightning before producing a blast heard thousands of miles away. Here’s what geologists say drove the event—and what may happen next.
Tonga's strange volcanic eruption was even more massive than …
WEBNov 20, 2022 · The ferocious 2021 explosion blew out 2.3 cubic miles of rock, unleashing a 35-mile-high plume and a global tsunami that sent scientists racing to understand the blast. Now they're finally...
Here’s What Scientists Know About the Tonga Volcano Eruption
WEBJan 19, 2022 · The explosion of the underwater volcano, which is formally known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga-Haʻapai, rained hazardous ash over the region, including the Tongan capital, Nuku’alofa, about 40...
Tonga volcano: What to know about the eruption and tsunami - CNN
WEBJan 17, 2022 · The eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga on Saturday was likely the biggest recorded anywhere on the planet in more than 30 years, according to experts.
NASA scientists estimate Tonga blast at 10 megatons
WEBJan 18, 2022 · NASA researchers have an estimate of the power of a massive volcanic eruption that took place on Saturday near the island nation of Tonga. "We come up with a number that's around 10 megatons of...
Burst of underwater explosions powered Tonga volcano eruption …
WEBJun 8, 2022 · The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcano erupted on 15 January 2022, producing the largest atmospheric explosion in recorded history. It sent shock waves around the world and a plume of...
‘It’s Super Spectacular.’ See How the Tonga Volcano Unleashed a …
WEBApr 14, 2022 · When an underwater volcano in the Pacific island nation of Tonga erupted violently in mid-January, it spawned a tsunami that devastated many of its islands and struck far-off shores across the...
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