
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 …
Tonga volcanic eruption had a much more devastating impact than we …
May 5, 2025 · Led by researchers from the University of Auckland and Tonga, a recent study shows that Hunga’s eruption had far-reaching effects. It injected vast amounts of steam into the sky and …
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai - Global Volcanism Program
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano includes small islands and shallow submarine reefs along the caldera rim of a much larger submarine edifice in the western South Pacific Ocean (figure 25), west …
February 25, 2026: The 2022 Hunga Tonga Subsea Eruption – What …
Feb 16, 2026 · In January 2022, a massive underwater volcano erupted at Tonga, shooting so much water into the stratosphere that water vapor levels there suddenly rose by 10%. The climate …
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Volcano - VolcanoDiscovery
Dec 22, 2025 · The table below lists all known eruptions (date in bold face) of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in historic times and during the past 10,000 years. Updates on the most recent …
Remaining land from Hunga eruption continues to erode, new aerial ...
3 days ago · The remaining remnant of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai continues to erode, as shown in this aerial image captured during the recent volcanic survey. Photo/Supplied The deadly eruption …
Tongans remember Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption, …
Jan 15, 2026 · It is known as the day Tonga went black. January 15 marks four years since the devastating eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano and the tsunami that followed. …
Dramatic Changes at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai - Science@NASA
Jan 24, 2022 · When a volcano in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga began erupting in late-December 2021 and then violently exploded in mid-January 2022, NASA scientist Jim Garvin and colleagues …
Remembering Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami
On January 15, 2022, the Hunga Volcano unleashed a sudden and explosive eruption, causing destructive tsunami waves that reached Tonga's capital of Tongatapu within minutes. The tsunami …
How the Tonga Hunga volcano produced the most intense lightning ... - BBC
Jul 14, 2023 · The eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai produced one of the most extreme lightning storms ever and it has given scientists a unique glimpse into the volcano's secrets.