The volcanic eruption in Tonga this month unleashed an atmospheric shockwave that radiated out at close to the speed of sound, pushing large waves across the Pacific to the shores of Japan and Peru, ...

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LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The volcanic eruption in Tonga this month unleashed an atmospheric shockwave that radiated out at close to the speed of sound, pushing large waves across the Pacific to the ...

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Using data from the eruption of the underwater volcano near Tonga in 2022, a research group at Nagoya University in Japan has used disturbances in the earth’s upper atmosphere to track the airwaves ...

Forecasting models and warning systems, designed primarily to assess earthquake-triggered waves, did not account for the boosting effects of the shockwave. It was a critical flaw in these systems, ...

SPOKANE, Wash.– In an instant, the eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapa volcano went from a minor curiosity in islands of the South Pacific to an unfolding disaster for the small island nation of ...