Tonga’s January 15 volcanic eruption was far more powerful than any other volcanic event of the twentieth century, more powerful than any atomic bomb test conducted after World War II.
The eruption of the Tonga volcano last January 15th has been defined as the largest explosion ever recorded by modern equipment in the atmosphere. Academic articles published in the journal Science, examining all the data, show that the eruption on the small South Pacific island was far more powerful than any other volcanic event of the 20th century. In fact, it would have been bigger than all the others atomic bomb test conducted after World War II. The dramatic event dates back to the Italian dawn of January 15, 2022, when the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai underwater volcano completely destroyed the island of the same name, erasing it from geographical maps. About 3000 people whose homes were destroyed or damaged and many more people who were affected or involved in various ways by the aftermath of the outbreak.
Probably alone the eruption of Krakatoa, which occurred in Indonesia in 1883 with more than 30,000 victims, is comparable to that of Tonga, which fortunately claimed very few victims despite the powerful tsunamis. Robin Matoza, from the University of California, Santa Barbara, told the BBC Tonga is a truly global event, just like Krakatoa. “The geophysical observing systems recorded something that was real Without precedents in modern data,” he explained.
At least four people were killed in the January 15 eruption in Tonga. The main damage – estimated by the World Bank at $90 million – was caused by volcanic ash tsunami this happened after the eruption. The tsunami spread across the Pacific Ocean, producing waves up to five feet high along the North American coast and the highest in South America.
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