TONGA VOLCANO ERUPTS: Video from the Tonga Geological Services shows the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano erupting last Friday. Another eruption on Saturday triggered a tsunami advisory for Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast. | 9&10 News

Satellite imagery shows shockwave as Tonga's Hunga volcano erupts, causing tsunami The eruption sent shockwaves all over. Pray for the people of #Tonga. 🙏 Information from Newzealand: An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday, sending large waves crashing across the shore and people rushing to higher ground. There were no immediate reports of injuries or the extent of the damage as communications with the small nation remained problematic. V

Tsunami effects are no joke after eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai, an underwater volcano. Tsunami warning for Tonga, Samoa, Fiji and all Polynesian Islands. Check on fam and friends, and stay safe, everyone! 🇹🇴🇫🇯🇼🇸🇦🇸🙏🏾♥️ • • • #polynesian #TongaVolcano #family #allpoly #Tonga #samoa #fiji #tsunami | All Poly Foundation

On Jan. 13, 2022, the Himawari-8 satellite captured an explosive eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano, located in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga. 🌋 A tidal gauge in Nuku'alofa, the capital of Tonga, measured a one-foot tsunami wave that resulted from the blast. Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and operational partners at the Japan Meteorological Agency | Science Channel

The January 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai was the largest volume volcanic eruption since the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo. It generated a shockwave that traveled around the globe and a tsunami that reached as far as Japan and the Americas. Learn more in the full video, "Tectonics, Earthquakes, & Volcanoes of the Tonga-Kermadec Subduction Zone" ▶️ https://youtu.be/ZV-Ki9SAciA | EarthScope Consortium

An underwater volcano has made a mysterious new island in the South Pacific — and NASA satellites captured the amazing process. | Insider Science

The New Zealand High Commission recently returned to Hunga to see what had become of Tonga's newest island, which formed between Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha'apai islands following an underwater volcanic eruption in January 2015. Experts said the new island would probably exist only a few months until ocean waves wore it down. Take a look at what we found. Video credit: New Zealand High Commission. | New Zealand High Commission, Nuku'alofa, Tonga