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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 on Saturday (January 15) has killed at least three people and sent tsunami waves rolling across the archipelago - damaging villages ...
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 ...
A formidable underwater volcano created the twin islands of Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha‘apai. Then, on Jan. 15, that volcano destroyed them. Located in the South Pacific, the eruption was one of ...
Hunga Tonga and Hunga Haʻapai are the only subaerial parts of the volcano. Hunga Tonga is the eastern island, while Hunga Haʻapai is the western one. They are part of Tonga's Haʻapai group of islands, [15] an island arc formed at the convergent boundary where the Pacific Plate subducts under the Indo-Australian Plate. [6] [16] [17]
The 2009 Tonga undersea volcanic eruption began on 16 March 2009, [5] near the island of Hunga Tonga, approximately 62 kilometres (39 mi) from the Tongan capital of Nukuʻalofa. [6] The volcano is in a highly active volcanic region that represents a portion of the Pacific Ring of Fire .
15 January – King Tupou VI is evacuated from the Royal Palace by His Majesty's Armed Forces as ashfall from the Hunga Tonga eruption destroys homes and causes the evacuation of citizens to higher ground. [2] 16 January – Satellite imagery of Hunga Tonga shows that most of the volcanic island was destroyed by the eruption. [3]
An underwater volcano erupted off Tonga on Saturday (January 15) and triggered a tsunami warning for several South Pacific island nations. Footage on social media showed waves crashing into homes ...