Tonga volcano eruption

2022 - 5 - 16

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Tonga volcanic eruption confirmed as the largest explosion ... (ABC News)

Scientists analysing data from the volcanic eruption found it was the largest explosion since 1883, and roughly comparable to the Krakatoa eruption in ...

"[Another eruption] will happen. Scientists said nuclear explosions that have also created Lamb waves — such as the largest nuclear test in the USSR in 1961 — were of similar amplitude but lasted for a shorter period of time compared to large volcanic explosions such as the one in Tonga. The Tonga volcanic eruption produced similar Lamb waves as the Krakatoa eruption that killed more than 30,000 people.

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Huge Tonga volcanic eruption spawned record-breaking winds at ... (Space.com)

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption in January triggered unexpected stronger-than-hurricane winds in the highest layer of Earth's atmosphere, ...

The Hunga Tonga eruption was the most powerful volcanic explosion to have shaken Earth since that of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991. Fortunately, only three people died in the tsunami triggered by the eruption, despite the damage the waves caused in the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga. "The equatorial electrojet is a very strong electrical current of hundreds of kilowatts that exists in a narrow band near the equator," said Harding. "It's a result of some complicated physics that go on in Earth's magnetic field. Measurements by ICON, as well as those by Europe's three-satellite Swarm mission, revealed that this electrojet went haywire in the days after the Hunga Tonga eruption. They were more powerful than any of those caused by the countless geomagnetic storms, which the planet has experienced in that period of time as a result of the sun's activity. Previously, scientists mostly thought that the ionosphere is quite isolated from the planet and only affected by the activity of the sun.

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Record-shattering Tonga volcanic eruption sent atmospheric waves ... (Livescience.com)

An underwater volcano erupted in January near the Pacific nation of Tonga and sent massive pressure waves racing through Earth's atmosphere, ...

The timing of the Lamb waves and "forerunner" tsunamis seemed to coincide, they found. In addition to huge Lamb waves and fast-moving tsunamis, the Hunga eruption also produced incredibly long-range sound waves and infrasound waves — meaning acoustic waves too low in frequency to be heard by humans, Matoza and his colleagues reported. The prominent Lamb waves led the pack, followed by the infrasound waves and then the audible sound waves. The team's Lamb wave observations align with earlier models of the Hunga eruption event that were produced by Nedjeljka Žagar, a professor of theoretical meteorology at University of Hamburg, and her colleagues. At their tallest, the Lamb waves generated by the Hunga eruption had an amplitude of 280 miles (450 km), meaning they hit the ionosphere — a dense layer of electrically charged particles that lies about 35 to 620 miles (60 to 1,000 km) above the planet's surface. An underwater volcano erupted in January near the Pacific nation of Tonga and sent massive pressure waves racing through Earth's atmosphere, where they lapped the planet several times.

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Tonga volcano eruption was the biggest in over a century and it ... (USA TODAY)

Two new studies revealed how massive the volcanic eruption that caused tsunami waves and covered Tonga in ash was.

They are low frequency waves that travel at the speed of sound, and depending on the size of explosion, they can last up to several hours. The volcanic eruption pushed out a massive plume of gases, water vapor and dust into the sky, as well creating strong winds in Earth's atmosphere. By the time the winds reached the ionosphere, they were traveling at 450 miles per hour, well over the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane.

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Tonga Volcanic Eruption Was Largest Ever Documented, Say ... (The Epoch Times)

The Tonga volcanic eruption in January was proven to be the largest atmospheric explosion ever documented since the 1883 Krakatoa eruption.

NASA said in April that the undersea volcano eruption was “hundreds of times” stronger than the Hiroshima nuclear explosion. “It is allowing us to test the poorly understood connection between the lower atmosphere and space.” “Atmospheric waves from the main Hunga eruption had far more extensive impacts.

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Largest Volcanic Eruption In Over A Century Took place In January ... (Mashable India)

According to scientists, the Krakatau explosion in 1883 was the largest volcano eruption in history. The researchers discovered that the eruption's waves were ...

The 55-kilometer-long undersea cable became entangled in the seafloor. The carnage hindered relief efforts in the island nation of well almost 100,000 people, as backup satellite links also did fail due to intermittent broadband connectivity. The January 15 explosion generated a "broad range of atmospheric waves," resulting in a "umbrella cloud" about 30 km above sea level.

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Hunga Tonga Volcanic Eruption Created Intense Atmospheric Pulse ... (Nature World News)

The massive Hunga undersea volcano in the South Pacific Ocean erupted on January 15, 2022, devastating the island country of Tonga and causing a variety of ...

A Lamb wave is a sort of guided wave that travels parallel to the surface of a material and extends upward. The report attributes this to global population growth and developments in societal connection. It's connected to the tsunami and volcanic plume creation and the eruption's higher-frequency infrasound and acoustic waves." Infrasound appeared after the Lamb wave, followed by audible noises in certain areas. The Hunga eruption in Tonga has revealed previously unknown details about the behavior of some atmospheric waves. The team's study was published in the journal Science on May 12, 2022, rapidly due to high scientific interest in the eruption.

Largest volcanic eruption in a century sent atmospheric waves ... (CTV News)

Scientists have found evidence that an underwater volcanic eruption in the South Pacific earlier this year, the biggest in decades, created pressure waves ...

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Pacific News Minute: Scientists confirm Tonga eruption was the ... (Hawaiipublicradio)

Scientists have confirmed that the January eruption of the volcano in Tonga was the largest explosive eruption of the 21st century. They say it was equal to ...

An eruption with that rating happens once every 50 to 100 years. This reduced the amount of fieldwork and direct measurements usually needed to measure an eruption. They say it was equal to the biggest eruptions ever recorded.

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Hunga eruption's incredible shockwaves 'once-a-century' event (New Zealand Herald)

A gravity wave blasted from the spectacular eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai in January – and felt and heard in homes across New Zealand – may have ...

"Adding to the rarity of the event, the interaction between the atmospheric pressure wave and the ocean contributed to the tsunami activity generated by the eruption, and aided tsunami waves to travel right around the Pacific Ocean and other bodies of water like the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas." This wave signal circled the whole globe at least four times during the six days following the eruption - and the recording of this wave was a world-first. A gravity wave blasted from the spectacular eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai in January – and felt and heard in homes across New Zealand – may have been a once-in-a-century event, scientists say.

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Hunga eruption's incredible shockwaves 'once-a-century' event (Newstalk ZB)

A gravity wave blasted from the spectacular eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai in January – and felt and heard in homes across New Zealand – may have be.

"Adding to the rarity of the event, the interaction between the atmospheric pressure wave and the ocean contributed to the tsunami activity generated by the eruption, and aided tsunami waves to travel right around the Pacific Ocean and other bodies of water like the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas." This wave signal circled the whole globe at least four times during the six days following the eruption – and the recording of this wave was a world-first. A gravity wave blasted from the spectacular eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai in January – and felt and heard in homes across New Zealand – may have been a once-in-a-century event, scientists say.

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