"Island volcanoes can generate tsunamis, which are a significant hazard." Silent precursor to a violent eruption Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai is an oceanic ... unprecedented lightning storm and ...

When an earthquake occurred on Sept. 24 in the waters near Torishima island, it set off a sense of urgency at the Japan Meteorological Agency office in Tokyo, nearly 600 kilometers north.

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 sky above this Pacific island chain ...

Seismic activity recorded before Tonga eruption may inform future tsunami alerts, aiding early-warning systems in oceanic areas.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said, but there was no threat of a tsunami.

The violent eruption of Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai generated a tsunami and blanketed the islands of the Kingdom of Tonga in volcanic ash. Video / Supplied Scientists are investigating what they call a ...

There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines following a powerful earthquake that struck Tonga early Wednesday morning, ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep concern over the reports of a tsunami, affecting Tonga following the eruption of an undersea volcano near the Pacific nation. In a statement, ...

Tsunami were reported 8,000 km away in Japan ... The extent of the damage done to the Tonga islands is a matter of grave concern. But with the near-total disruption of communication, the situation ...

The undersea eruption - followed by a tsunami - led to Tonga's 110,000 people being cut off. A 2G wireless connection has been established on the main island, using a satellite dish from the ...

Watch: Satellite images capture the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha ... In Japan, the 1.2m tsunami was recorded in the Kominato district of Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture late ...