Web1 Apr 2024 · Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai's eruption caused one of the fiercest volcanic explosions in more than a century as gas-rich magma met cold seawater. It sent a plume of ash and vapour halfway to... Web17 Jan 2024 · The name Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai (HT-HH) refers to the two island structures that stood about 100m above the Pacific Ocean surface, roughly 65km north of …
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Web18 Jan 2024 · The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano was heard across the South Pacific, and even in parts of the United States. Ash has covered many regions of Tonga, but a loss of power,... Web11 Apr 2024 · The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano, located approximately 65 km north of Tongatapu, Nuku’alofa, in the South Pacific Ocean, produced a massive explosion on January 15, 2024, at 04:10 UTC time, sending a pressure wave around the globe, a huge volcanic plume more than 20 km high captured on satellite images, and triggering a … grand strand sc news
Learning the lessons of the Hunga Tonga eruption CNRS News
Web24 Jan 2024 · On 15 January 2024, an explosion twice as powerful as that of the biggest H-bomb ever made shook the Pacific and the entire planet when the eruption of the submarine volcano Hunga Tonga, which had begun in December 2024, reached its climax. Located in the Tonga Islands, it exploded with an energy equivalent to 110 megatonnes of TNT, … Web30 Jan 2024 · On Jan. 15, 2024, Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted again, exploding with a force greater than 100 simultaneous Hiroshima bombs to send a column of ash, island chunks and steam halfway... Web31 Dec 2024 · On 15 January 2024, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai (HTHH) (175.38° W, 20.54° S) volcano erupted explosively. It is considered the most explosive volcanic eruption during the past 140 years. The HTHH volcanic eruption caused intense ripples, Lamb waves, and gravity waves in the atmosphere which encircled the globe several times, as … grand strand scuba