2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami
In December 2021, an eruption began on Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, a submarine volcano in the Tongan archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean. [6] The eruption reached a very large and powerful climax nearly four weeks later, on 15 January 2022. [7]
Tonga Eruption Blasted Unprecedented Amount of Water Into ... - NASA
2022年8月2日 · 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 ...
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai - Wikipedia
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai is a submarine volcano in the Kermadec-Tonga Ridge in South Pacific, a ridge formed by the convergent boundary where the Pacific Plate is subducted by the Indo-Australian Plate, forming a long volcanic and island chain.
Tonga's strange volcanic eruption was even more massive than …
2022年11月20日 · In December 2021, a volcano in the Kingdom of Tonga, known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, began erupting in an event that culminated in an explosion so powerful it sent atmospheric ripples...
The Tonga eruption explained, from tsunami warnings to sonic …
2022年1月15日 · 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 Eruption Blasted Unprecedented Amount of Water Into …
2022年8月2日 · 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 ...
The January 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano …
2022年11月3日 · The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai (HTHH) volcano (20.536°S, 175.382°W) is an underwater caldera volcano located ~70 km north-northwest of Tonga’s capital, Nukualofa. Recent Surtseyan-style eruptive activity was observed in 2009, from 2014 to 2015, and from 20 December 2021 to 15 January 2022 .
A volcanic eruption sent enough water vapor into the …
2023年12月20日 · The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on January 15, 2022, produced the largest underwater explosion ever recorded by modern scientific instruments, blasting an enormous amount of water and volcanic gases higher than any other eruption in …
Tonga volcano eruption triggered ‘mega-tsunami’ - Nature
2023年4月14日 · The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcano in the South Pacific ocean erupted on 15 January 2022, generating shockwaves that resulted in unusually high waves that reached as far away as the...
Burst of underwater explosions powered Tonga volcano eruption
2022年6月8日 · 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 ash into...