1 The Tonga volcano eruption caused a 90-metre-high tsunami wave
- Author: openaccessgovernment.org
- Published Date: 03/30/2022
- Review: 4.96 (820 vote)
- Summary: · The tsunami wave created by the Tonga volcano eruption reached over 90 metres in height, which is nine times taller than the Japan tsunami
- Matching search results: Recorded in all world’s oceans and large seas, from Japan and the United States’ western seaboard in the North Pacific Ocean to the coasts within the Mediterranean Sea, the researchers found that the tsunami was unique as the waves were created not …
2 Tonga Volcanic Eruption and Tsunami: World Bank Disaster Assessment Report Estimates Damages at US90M
- Author: worldbank.org
- Published Date: 04/01/2022
- Review: 4.64 (477 vote)
- Summary: · The Tonga Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcanic eruption, tsunami and ashfall has caused an estimated US$90.4M (TOP 208 million) in damages
- Matching search results: “We have been moved by the support shown to Tonga and to our people from our friends in the Pacific and across the globe, to assist with our nation’s response and recovery,” said Tongan Minister of Finance, Hon. Tatafu Moeaki. “With communications …
3 Tonga volcanic eruption and tsunami, January 2022: globally the most significant opportunity to observe an explosive and tsunamigenic submarine eruption since AD 1883 Krakatau
- Author: geoscienceletters.springeropen.com
- Published Date: 04/01/2022
- Review: 4.5 (401 vote)
- Summary: · The Tongan eruption remarkably produced ocean-wide tsunamis, never documented before in the Pacific instrumental record. Volcanically generated
- Matching search results: The violent eruption of HTHH on 15 January generated a series of tsunami waves experienced in both proximal and far-field locations. Waves arrived first at the nearby islands of Tonga within 15-30 min of the largest blast. Dramatic videos shot by …
4 Tsunami models underestimated shockwave from Tonga eruption
- Author: reuters.com
- Published Date: 03/14/2022
- Review: 4.3 (301 vote)
- Summary: · The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano eruption triggered a tsunami that destroyed villages and resorts and knocked out communications for
- Matching search results: Through the transfer of this energy from the atmosphere to the ocean, the shockwave amplified ocean waves around the world, pushing them farther afield and accelerating their travel time – something tsunami warning centres weren’t equipped to …
5 Scientists Unravel How the Tonga Volcano Caused Worldwide Tsunamis
- Author: quantamagazine.org
- Published Date: 11/23/2021
- Review: 4.06 (351 vote)
- Summary: · The distant tsunamis may not have been dangerous, but the local tsunami caused by the Tonga volcano itself certainly was. Tonga has a deep
- Matching search results: Researchers don’t yet agree about the specific type of pressure wave, or combination of types, that’s responsible in this case. The Tonga eruption produced multiple atmospheric disturbances, including a short-lived shock wave and globe-trotting …