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Tsunami warning issued in Tonga after undersea volcano erupts​

Tsunami warning issued in Tonga after undersea volcano erupts

The eruption Saturday was the latest in a series from the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano.

www.nbcnews.com

The Pacific nation of Tonga issued a tsunami warning Saturday after an undersea volcano erupted.
Video posted to social media showed large waves washing ashore in coastal areas.
The Tonga Meteorological Services said a tsunami warning had been put in force for all of Tonga.
The eruption Saturday was the latest in a series of spectacular eruptions from the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano.
A Twitter user identified as Dr. Faka’iloatonga Taumoefolau posted video showing waves crashing ashore.

“Can literally hear the volcano eruption, sounds pretty violent,” he wrote, adding in a later post, “Raining ash and tiny pebbles, darkness blanketing the sky.”
Earlier, the Matangi Tonga news site reported that scientists had observed massive explosions, thunder and lightning near the volcano after it started erupting early Friday.
The site said satellite images showed a 3 mile-wide plume of ash, steam and gas rising up into the air to about 12 miles.
More than 1,400 miles away in New Zealand, officials were warning of storm surges from the eruption.
The National Emergency Management Agency said some parts of New Zealand could expect “strong and unusual currents and unpredictable surges at the shore following a large volcanic eruption.

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[IntentionalPun]

For US that just means some killer surfing.

Thread title actually isn't accurate; an "advisory" was issues which just means "check out these waves bruv."

Strong currents and some waves, according to that ABC article:

A tsunami advisory means that a tsunami could produce strong currents or waves near the coastline. However, a tsunami advisory does not indicate a major tsunami event where water is actively entering coastal communities. In this circumstance, the tsunami is only dangerous to those in the water, or on the immediate beach -- like swimmers and boaters.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Geolocation for those interested:

 

[Buggy Loop]

Look at those satellite photos, insanely huge explosion.





Are you fucking kidding me? That SCALE

 

[jason10mm]

The Sleeper has Awakened!!!!!

 

[IntentionalPun]

Look at those satellite photos, insanely huge explosion.

Aren't these time lapsing over like an entire hour?

Still wild, but it takes a while it's not like a MIchael Bay film.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Look at those satellite photos, insanely huge explosion.





Are you fucking kidding me? That SCALE

That bang would scare the living daylights out of me.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

For US that just means some killer surfing.

Thread title actually isn't accurate; an "advisory" was issues which just means "check out these waves bruv."

Strong currents and some waves, according to that ABC article:

Yeah, my bad. Thanks for catching!

 

[BennyBlanco]

Tomorrow in Cali

 

[Deleted member 1159]

Look at those satellite photos, insanely huge explosion.





Are you fucking kidding me? That SCALE

This is some Evangelion shit

 

[Buggy Loop]

Aren't these time lapsing over like an entire hour?

Still wild, but it takes a while it's not like a MIchael Bay film.

Depends on satellite, but it was fast, this one for example is 10 mins each frames.



The atmosphere's ripple effect

 

[Chittagong]

I started to get tsunami warnings from worried friends last night since I live in French Polynesia, but thankfully our only worry here is currently the week long storm that means we can’t get freshly caught tuna from fishermen.

 

[Sakura]

How would this rank on the VEI? I wonder how it compares to other eruptions.

 

[n0razi]

Yeah I think its not a good idea to live near a coast anymore in this age... seems like a major flood/hurricane/tsunami almost monthly

 

[Kev Kev]

This shit is wild

 

[Fbh]

Scary stuff.

My sister and her family just started a roadtrip vacation yesterday and the town where they are staying at is being evacuated due to a tsunai alert all the way here in Chile. They say it's very unlikely the town will see any serious danger but authorities have decided to be extra careful (which they've been since they fucked up by not giving a warning after and earthquake 10 years ago which resulted in hundreds of deaths)

 

[Torrent of Pork]

I've been hearing that the eruption was somewhere between 100-160mt, and frankly, it was a small eruption compared to what the Earth is capable of.

Humanity: "We're going to make an explosion so large we can't even find a strategic use for it."

Earth: "Hold my beer while I fart."

 

[Coolwhhip]

In theory volcanos could just go wild and end all life on earth without notice right?

 

[ManaByte]

Tomorrow in Cali

 

[Deleted member 1159]

In theory volcanos could just go wild and end all life on earth without notice right?

Yes. Look up Yellowstone super volcano

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Wow, the shot from space. I hope everyone is ok

 

[Star-Lord]

In theory volcanos could just go wild and end all life on earth without notice right?

In short, yeah. We’re at the mercy of the lava gods.

 

[Nobody_Important]

Look at those satellite photos, insanely huge explosion.





Are you fucking kidding me? That SCALE

Looks like a fucking nuke went off in the space footage. Imagine looking out of the window on the ISS and seeing that!



"Uh.....Houston?".

 

[Maiden Voyage]

 

[BigBooper]

If the world ends before I get my Steam Deck I'm gonna be upset.

 

[El Pistolero]

In theory volcanos could just go wild and end all life on earth without notice right?

Yep, pretty much. Being alive is a "miracle", no matter how you slice it.

 

[sinnergy]

Which movie is this?

 

[DeceptiveAlarm]

Which movie is this?

Point Break. The original. Good movie.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Amazing and awesome in the literal sense. Stay safe everyone.

 

[Kev Kev]

theres a lot of cool images/data coming in about this thing

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/01/16/hunga-tonga-volcano-tsunami-eruption/

 

[Nobody_Important]

theres a lot of cool images/data coming in about this thing

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/01/16/hunga-tonga-volcano-tsunami-eruption/

Nature is scary as fuck.

 

[Big Baller]

 

[Prison Mike]

 

[Coolwhhip]

So did millions of fish die or was it mostly plastic?

 

[MastaKiiLA]

In theory volcanos could just go wild and end all life on earth without notice right?

Yes. Volcanoes have already done as much in the past. You don't even need to have a volcano in your country. A cluster of volcanoes on the other side of the world could fuck up our lives for hundreds of years. It's so random.

 

[nush]

So did millions of fish die or was it mostly plastic?

Freshly boiled seafood for everyone, just don't mind the sulfur flavoring.

 

[DeepEnigma]

In theory volcanos could just go wild and end all life on earth without notice right?

Let’s hope they don’t go all unison like same coral species mysteriously do when blooming at the same time no matter where they are in the world.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

The Sleeper has Awakened!!!!!

I fucking wish....

 

[Bragr]

Why didn't tsunamis rip through everything? was the blast fully above ground or something?

 

[Buggy Loop]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tonga-volcano-eruption-ash-1.6317364

WTF, is that basically a new island because of the explosion?

 

[ResilientBanana]

Don't people live there? Did they have time to evacuate?

 

[nush]

WTF, is that basically a new island because of the explosion?

 

[Hawking Radiation]

In NZ here and didn't hear anything or maybe I did but didn't pay much attention to what it was.

Then again I'm sleeping through earthquakes all the time. Just last week there was a quake here in NZ. Woke up next morning to my phone notification of an earthquake at 2am in the morning lol.

Hope everyone in Tonga is ok. Scary stuff for a volcano to go apeshit that close to your home.

 

[ResilientBanana]

nvm it was uninhabited. Found an article from 2019 talking about how it formed in 2014 and could last anywhere between 6 and 30 years. The answer was 8 years. So if an island appears out of nowhere, don't start building just yet.

New Tonga island 'now home to flowers and owls'

The island of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai was created after a Pacific volcano erupted in 2014.

www.bbc.com

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tonga-volcano-eruption-ash-1.6317364

WTF, is that basically a new island because of the explosion?

That was taken in December


Take a look at how different it looked prior

Google Maps

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

www.google.com

It bulged, caved in, then exploded.

Tonga’s volcano eruption and tsunami explained in maps and charts

There are some 1,350 potentially active volcanoes around the world, many located around the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’.

www.aljazeera.com