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Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai is 65 kilometres (40 mi) north of Tongatapu, the country's main island, [9] and is part of the highly active Tonga–Kermadec Islands volcanic arc, a subduction zone extending from New Zealand to Fiji. [10] [11] On the Volcanic Explosivity Index scale, the eruption was rated at least a VEI-5.
The explosion of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano was the latest in a series of spectacular eruptions. A Twitter user identified as Dr. Faka’iloatonga Taumoefolau posted video showing ...
An explosive volcanic eruption occurred near the Kingdom of Tonga, a nation of 170 islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, causing tsunami waves to impact the region and ash to fill the sky. A ...
After the 2015 eruption, the smaller Hunga Tonga island, approximately 1.5 km (0.93 mi) to the northeast of Hunga Haʻapai, became attached to the crater via a 380 m (1,250 ft)-wide tombolo, and further sandy deposits had built up at the southern end of the crater's connection with Hunga Haʻapai.
Satellite images captured the spectacular eruption of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Saturday, with a plume of ash, steam and gas rising like a giant mushroom above the South Pacific ...
An eruption on May 28 sent ash to an altitude of 15 km, causing some disruptions to flights in the North Pacific, including an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Tokyo that diverted back to Los Angeles midway across the Pacific, landing after approximately 12 hours in the air. [citation needed] 5-6 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai [13] Tonga ...
The eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano, located just under. An undersea volcano violently erupted in the southwestern Pacific Ocean near the Kingdom of Tonga Saturday, local time ...
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai: 5 Tonga: 2022 2021–22 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami: 6 Karangetang: 2 Indonesia: 1992 [56] 5 Mount Tavurvur: 4 Papua New Guinea: 1994 [57] 5 Mount Hudson: 3 Chile: 1971 [58] 4 Gamalama: 2 Indonesia: 2011 [59] 4 Yakedake: 1 Japan: 1995 [60] 4 Stromboli: 2 Italy: 1930 [61] 3 Pacaya: 3 Guatemala ...