Rare sonar mapping—conducted before and after an undersea volcano erupted off the coast of Tonga in 2022—has uncovered the unique reasons for its deadly tsunami.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai-volcanic eruption on 15 january 2022. Image taken from a video of the eruption. (CREDIT: Tonga ...

The blast sent an eruption column more than 34 miles high.

The tsunami threat around the Pacific from a huge undersea volcanic eruption began to recede Sunday, while the extent of damage to Tonga remained unclear.

Shock waves triggered by a massive underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga on Jan. 15 were apparently responsible for tidal surges seen along Japan’s Pacific coastline, according to experts.

It blasted a plume more than 50km into the atmosphere, sent pressure waves around the globe and generated a series of tsunamis, devastating parts of Tonga and killing at least three people. But one of ...

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (Hunga Tonga for short) erupted on January 15 2022 in the Pacific Kingdom of Tonga. It created a tsunami which triggered warnings across the entire Pacific basin, and sent ...

Krakatau, a volcanic island in Indonesia, killed more than 30,000 people when it erupted in 1883. One might assume that volcanic debris posed the major threat, yet many of the victims died from a ...

The enormous cloud blasted into the atmosphere by the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption carried an unexpected surprise. Inside it, methane was disappearing at an unusually rapid rate. Satellite ...

Every single house on Mango Island was swept away by the tsunami that radiated out when the submarine volcano Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai exploded off the coast of Tonga in 2022. Only two buildings ...