While the Tonga volcanic eruption may have seemed like a relatively unpredictable event, researchers have discovered a ...

In January 2022, the most powerful explosion ever recorded with modern instruments rocked the South Pacific. Now, scientists ...

Seismic data collected before the massive Hunga Tonga eruption in 2022 could point to a new kind of early warning system for ...

A mysterious signal came minutes before the underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted in the Pacific Ocean. But, ...

An underground volcano eruption, with the power of hundreds of atomic bombs and which caused deadly tsunamis, gave out a ...

The record-breaking eruption occurred on January 15, 2022. The eruption’s 36-mile-high (58-kilometer-high) volcanic plume was the largest ever recorded, and reached Earth’s mesosphere in just half an ...

Hunga Ha'apai (HTHH) in January 2022 ejected about 2.9 billion tons of volcanic material into the atmosphere and across the South Pacific. In early 2022, a scientific expedition (GEOTRACES GP21) ...

The origins of the massive January 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption may have been detected in a seismic wave recorded 750 kilometers from the volcano, according to new research ...

A Seismic Precursor 15 min Before the Giant Eruption of Hunga Tonga‐Hunga Ha'apai Volcano on 15 January 2022. Geophysical Research Letters , 2024; 51 (21) DOI: 10.1029/2024GL111144 Cite This Page : ...

WASHINGTON — Fifteen minutes before the massive January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano, a seismic wave was recorded by two distant seismic stations. Now, researchers ...