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Tonga volcano eruption’s echoes heard 6,200 miles away

By National Science Foundation on Jun 4, 2022 Featured, Science/Education

Massive eruption of Tonga volcano provides an explosion of data on atmospheric waves The Hunga volcano ushered in 2022 with a bang, devastating the island nation of Tonga and sending aid agencies, and Earth scientists, into a flurry of activity. It had been nearly 140 years since an eruption of this scale shook the Earth. […]

Hunga Volcano Eruption Provides an Explosion of Data

By Rod Boyce | Geophysical Institute on May 14, 2022 Featured, Science/Education

The massive Jan. 15, 2022, eruption of the Hunga submarine volcano in the South Pacific Ocean created a variety of atmospheric wave types, including booms heard 6,200 miles away in Alaska. It also created an atmospheric pulse that caused an unusual tsunami-like disturbance that arrived at Pacific shores sooner than the actual tsunami. Those are […]