Tonga Volcanic Eruption 2022

Brief introduction of the Tonga Volcanic Eruption 2022

Background information and the timeline of the volcanic eruption

Where is Tonga?

Tonga is an island country in Polynesia, a subregion of the Oceania region. It is located about 800km and 2380km east of Fuji and New Zealand respectively.

Background information

Tonga has 171 islands with the population of 105000 people, mainly lived in the main island

Tonga Volcanic Eurption 2022

Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, a volcano located 65km north of the main island began eruption on 20 December 2021 till 15 January 2022

Volcanic eruption on 20 December 2021

Volcanic eruption on 30 December 2021

The eruption was observably more powerful than 20 December 2021

Volcanic eruption on 14 January 2022

The eruption was significantly more powerful than 20 December 2021 and 30 December 2021

Volcanic eruption on 15 January 2022

The largest and powerful volcanic eruption since 1991 and 1883 began. The volcanic plume reached 58km height (highest in satellite record) and the eruption caused up to 45m tsunamis.


Aftermath

A large part of the volcanic island submerge under the sea

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Volcanic ash covered the city that imposed health risks

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Caused 100 damaged houses, 6 deaths and 19 injuries

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Additional resources

Volcanic eruption in Tonga reshaped Pacific seafloor - BBC News

Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai Eruption 2021-12-20-1153

Hunga Volcano Eruption captured at 11:55am 30th December 2021

Hunga Eruption 5:43PM 14 Jan 2022

Left: before the volcanic eruption Right: after the volcanic eruption

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