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Bookmark or Share- Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai - Global Volcanism ProgramThe 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 of the main inhabited islands in the Kingdom of Tonga.
- The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Eruption, a Multi-Hazard EventHunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, located in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga, has erupted three times in less than thirty days. The volcano has sporadically erupted since 2009 with the most recent activity beginning in late December 2021 when a series of Surtseyan eruptions built up and reshaped the island while sending bursts of tephra and ...
- How the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted and why it caused ...The eruption of a giant underwater volcano in the Pacific Ocean triggered tsunami warnings in multiple countries. Here's what we know about Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai.
- Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai - WikipediaHunga 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.
- 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunamiHunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai erupted over a span of 12 hours, releasing 1.9 km 3 (0.46 cu mi) of ejecta with an estimated mass of 2,900 teragrams. Although the eruption energy was soon estimated from the acoustic waves and the ash cloud, its ranking on the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) is still debated. [ 62 ]
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