2022 Hunga Tonga eruption and tsunami
A very large eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, a volcanic island of Tonga in the Pacific Ocean. It began on 14 January 2022. Hunga Tonga is 65 km (40 mi) north of Tongatapu, the country's main island.[1]
The eruption caused tsunamis in Tonga, Fiji, American Samoa and parts of the Pacific Ocean. Warnings were issued in Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Russia, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile and Ecuador.
Damaging tsunami waves were reported in New Zealand, the United States, Chile and Peru. It is the largest volcanic eruption of the 21st century and the largest since the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo.[2]
2022 Hunga Tonga Eruption And Tsunami Media
- Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption captured at December 30, 2021.webm
Footage of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption on 30 December 2021
- Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption January 14, 2022.webm
Footage from an aircraft viewing the eruption on 14 January 2022
- ISS-66 Atmospheric plume from 2022 Hunga Tonga eruption (1).jpg
An image from the International Space Station of the spreading high-altitude smoke cloud
- January 15, 2022 Tonga volcano-generated tsunami propagation.webm
January 15, 2022 Tonga volcano-generated tsunami propagation
- 2022 Tonga Tsunami warning！ in Gesashi mangrove bay.jpg
A tsunami warning signboard at Gesashi Bay Mangrove Forest, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- NZDF Saint George's Palace January 2022.jpg
HMNZS Aotearoa unloads water and supplies to give to the Tongans.HMNZS Aotearoa is fitted with a water maker which can turn salt water into clean, fresh drinking water.The water is tested for acidity, ph and chlorine to ensure it meets the highest standards for drinking.HMNZS Aotearoa arrives in the islands of Tonga to provide support to the communties affected by the eruption of an underwater volcano in January 2022.
A P-3K2 Orion aircraft flies over an area of Tonga that shows the heavy ash fall from the recent volcanic eruption within the Tongan Islands. 5 Squadron crew work on board whilst flying overhead to provide vital information to send back to MFAT and various other government agencies.
- NZDF over Tonga 18 January 2022.jpg
A P-3K2 Orion aircraft flies over an area of Tonga that shows the heavy ash fall from the recent volcanic eruption within the Tongan Islands. 5 Squadron crew work on board whilst flying overhead to provide vital information to send back to MFAT and various other government agencies.
- RNZAF No. 3 Squadron prepare to deploy to Tonga.jpg
RNZAF 3SQN maintenance teams prepare two NH90 helicopters for long-term operations to assist Tonga.
- Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai on Sentinel-2 L2A 20 December 2021 (cropped).jpg
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai in December 2021
References
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- ↑ "Tonga eruption likely the world's largest in 30 years - scientist". rnz.co.nz. 17 January 2022. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
