A 2022 satellite photo shows smoke rising from a caldera on Tofua, highlighting the "looming threat" of the volcanic island.

Since 2022, the underwater volcano of Home Reef has repeatedly emerged, adding hectares of land to the Tonga archipelago. Successive eruptions have allowed the island to reach an area of 12.2 ...

On the 14th of January, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano began a gigantic eruption that would go on to peak in ferocity the next day. The uninhabited island volcano would quickly make ...

An underwater volcano near the South Pacific island nation of Tonga erupted on January 15. The eruption unleashed explosive forces that dwarfed the power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, Nasa ...

Then, a roar from below the water. The towering undersea volcano known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai had awakened, and on a balmy afternoon in January 2022 it began blasting its insides into the ...

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After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...

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.

The submarine volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, which is located about 65 kilometers north of Nuku'alofa, caused a tsunami of 1.2 meters, reported the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

Since 2022, the underwater volcano of Home Reef has repeatedly emerged, adding hectares of land to the Tonga archipelago. Successive eruptions have allowed the island to reach an area of 12.2 hectares ...