Hunga Tonga
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| Elevation | 149 |
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| Height | 14900 (cm) |
| Last eruption | December 2014 to January 2015 |
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| ID | 2058715 |
About Hunga Tonga
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai is a volcano located about 30 kilometres 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.
Pacific volcano: Ash-covered Tonga is like a moonscape say residents
... Satellite images offer glimpse at volcano s destructionScientists got their first look at Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha apai post-eruption on Saturday when the EU s Sentinel-1A satellite flew overhead...
Tsunami warning in Tonga after giant eruption
... It is the latest in a series of eruptions of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano...
Tsunami warning in Tonga after giant eruption
A tsunami warning has been issued in several countries, including Tonga and New Zealand , after an underwater volcano erupted.
Social Media footage from Tonga showed waves washing through a church and several homes. Ash is said to be falling over the capital, Nuku'alofa.
Residents of The Pacific island have been urged to move to Higher Ground .
It is the latest in a series of eruptions of the Hunga Tonga -Hunga Haʻapai volcano.
The US has also issued a tsunami advisory for American Samoa .
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