Scientists at the University of Miami used satellite and underwater data to create a simulation of the colossal tsunami striking the Tongan Archipelago.
The 2022 eruption of a submarine volcano in Tonga was more powerful than the largest U.S. nuclear explosion, according to a new study led by scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science and the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation.
The 2022 eruption of a submarine volcano in Tonga was more powerful than the largest U.S. nuclear explosion, according to a new study. A 15-megaton volcanic explosion from Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai generated a mega-tsunami with waves up to 85 meters (279 feet) high one minute after the explosion of "Blast 5", and hitting Tonga's coastlines up to 45-meters high (148 feet) at
correspondent in sydney gave us an update on the work in particular the efforts to reconnect an undersea communications cable. efforts to reconnect an undersea communications cable. well, this undersea communications - communications cable. well, this undersea communications cable, | communications cable. well, this - undersea communications cable, sean, was damaged a week ago during that undersea volcanic eruption and the tsunami waves it triggered. it is among a raft of catastrophic damage to property and infrastructure and, as you say, aid coming in for many many countries led by australia and new zealand. water is a significant issue. water supplies on the tongan archipelago were contaminated by that blanket of ash that rained down on this pacific nation of about 105,000 people and this will beam an international aid effort like no other. authorities are introducing very strict disease control measures because tonga has just recorded only