The Pacific nation of Tonga is made up of 170 islands, but it just welcomed its newest addition – thanks to an underwater volcano. Near the center of the nation's island formation lies the Home ...

An underwater volcano in the South Pacific erupted last month and shattered two records simultaneously: The volcanic plume reached greater heights than any eruption ever captured in the satellite ...

An underwater volcano erupted on Saturday near the remote Pacific nation of Tonga, triggering tsunami warnings across the Pacific and for the West Coast of the United States, and causing strong ...

An underwater volcano near Tonga revealed how sediment spreads, disrupts marine life, and raises questions about deep-sea ...

An underwater volcano off Tonga erupted on Jan. 15, ... The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano spewed ash, steam and gas up to 20 km (12 miles) into the air late on Friday.

The GOES-17 satellite captured this image of an umbrella cloud generated by the underwater eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Jan. 15.

In the South Pacific kingdom of Tonga, which is made up of over 170 islands, the (mostly) underwater volcano on the island Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai erupted, sending plumes up to 12 miles (20 ...

When the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, erupted on January 15, 2022, a plume of volcanic ash shot 58 kilometers (36 miles) into the air.

The eruption of an underwater volcano off Tonga is seen in an image from a NOAA GOES-West satellite taken on January 15, 2022. CIRA / NOAA / Handout via REUTERS ...

In December 2021, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano began erupting. A few weeks later on January 15 this reached a climax that resulted in the biggest volcanic eruption on Earth in 30 years ...