The 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai was not only massive but also a scientific milestone with the detection of seismic waves 15 minutes before the visible eruption, offering new insights ...

First person - On 15 January 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai undersea volcano erupted. It was the most powerful volcanic eruption since Krakatoa in 1883, and triggered a devastating tsunami which ...

Shock waves triggered by a massive underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga on Jan. 15 were apparently responsible for tidal surges seen along Japan’s Pacific coastline, according to experts.

First Person – RNZ Pacific reporter, Iliesa Tora, reflects on the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption, saying people need to take tsunami warnings seriously.Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific First ...

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano set new benchmarks for volcanic phenomena and efforts are under way to identify other submarine volcanoes around the world that could pose similar threats.

On the 14th of January, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano began a gigantic eruption that would go on to peak in ferocity the next day. The uninhabited island volcano would quickly make ...

Satellites have managed to detect faint electromagnetic signals generated by ocean tides, suggesting that space-born sensors ...

Tucked away on a remote island in the Pacific, the Zavaritskogo volcano has recently been pinpointed as the likely source of a sunlight-dimming eruption. (Satellite image captured on September 12, ...

Jan. 10, 2025 — A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition ...

There's a new lava lobe on Tonga's Home Reef Volcano, covering close to half the island, and which has grown nearly twice the size that it was when the thermal anomaly was first detected. Thermal ...

Scientists have also attributed some of the warmth to the 2022 volcanic eruption of Hunga Tonga, and the fact that the sun is currently at its solar maximum, or its most active period over an 11 ...