By Peter McLaren-Kennedy • Published: 15 Jan 2022 • 8:19
The Pacific nation of Tonga issued a tsunami warning Saturday after an undersea volcano erupted
BREAKING: Satellite image captures Tonga's Hunga volcano erupting (Source: @US_Stormwatch) pic.twitter.com/VolrJs7Gfi — The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) January 15, 2022
BREAKING: Satellite image captures Tonga's Hunga volcano erupting
(Source: @US_Stormwatch) pic.twitter.com/VolrJs7Gfi
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) January 15, 2022
Videos posted to social media have shown large waves washing ashore in coastal areas.
The eruption Saturday was the latest in a series of spectacular eruptions from the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano.
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai is a volcanic island located about 30 kilometres (19 miles) south-southeast of Fonuafoʻou island in Tonga. The volcano is part of the highly active Tonga-Kermadec Islands volcanic arc, a subduction zone extending from New Zealand north-northeast to Fiji. It lies about 100 kilometres (62 mi) above a very active seismic zone. The island arc is formed at the convergent boundary where the Pacific Plate subducts under the Indo-Australian Plate.
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