HUNGA TONGA 💥VOLCANO EXPLOSION

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai is a submarine volcano located in the South Pacific, about 30 km south of the submarine volcano of Fonuafoou and 65 km north of Tongatapu, Tonga's main island. It is part of the highly active Kermadec-Tonga subduction zone and its associated volcanic arc, which extends from New Zealand north-northeast to Fiji.

In December 2021, an eruption began on Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai, which reached a very large and powerful climax nearly four weeks later, on 15 January 2022.

The eruption produced a plume 58 km high and the biggest atmospheric explosion ever recorded. At least six people lost their lives in the ensuing tsunami. The two small islands are all that is left visible of a huge underwater volcano.