Volcano Eruption Near Tonga Seen From Space
An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday, sending large waves crashing across the shore.
A tsunami advisory was in effect for Hawaii and the U.S. Pacific coast.
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the shockwave though
It was said that the eruption was heard over 1300 km away in New Zealand 😳 in comparison, people in Africa heard the Kratakoa eruption over twice the distance in the 1880s. Though that was already a volcanic island above water when it exploded. I’d be interested in seeing which one was bigger, as this Tonga eruption was underwater.
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@Remington Baker cool story bro
Over 1500
Except Krakatoa was heard around the world… literally
@MrTethysS Yeah, the first article I read mentioned an underwater volcano, which technically is correct. 99% of it is underwater. 😂
I’ve seen the island on Google maps satellite view and it’s pretty small. Relatively new.
I couldn’t help but wonder how the mushroom clouds of today’s nukes would compare to this 😳🤯 😬
Only one was ever built on this scale: the 50 megaton tsar Bomba. Modern day nukes are considered “tactical” yield, which is limited to 1.2 megatons or less. Still enough to level a city, but not even close to a volcanic eruption.
@josephsheranda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEKzFg42NJ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrD4ho1RSIs
No nuke compares to this volcano eruption. It’s a Force of Nature. Water, Fire, Earth, And Wind all Combined into the ultimate weapon.
Mushroom clouds as a result of an atomic blast release 50 per cent energy as blast, 35 per cent as heat and 15 per cent as nuclear radiation. Then after the initial blast there is persistent radioactivity, or one that continues to be present even after the blast. Fallout looks scary to me.. Seems like something to consider. But if you wanted to compare, Find out how much fission fuel is being used and do the math. one kilogram of nuclear fission fuel can release energy 20,000,000 times more than one kilogram of TNT . I think in Hiroshima WW2 there was 50 kilograms….
Look at the shockwave coming off that thing. Wow.
The speed..
imagine just chilling on a cruise ship and then the water blows up beneath you
@Bottomfeederonfire 🤣im vaccinated, im good
from a volcano youd probably be insta-dead and not even have time to be scared lol
@Randalmcdaniel I’d imagine there’d be a bubbling or something before the big boom and I’d be on that boat making jokes like “who turned the boiler on?” And then I’d die
@Bottomfeederonfire lmao
If there were any ships there, safe to say, they got snoked…
That was one hell of a shock wave.
@Josh McAllister
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEKzFg42NJ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrD4ho1RSIs
@Rumble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEKzFg42NJ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrD4ho1RSIs
krakatoa lvl? folks in NZ felt the rumble as they say.
We’re getting tsunami warnings in SanDiego
@GlenClark Chidley yeah for a 20cm wave.
Wow that is huge. I had no idea it was THAT big. That is like 1/10th or 1/12th the size of *Australia* !
Shockwave was incredibly powerful and keep in mind it was a underwater volcano😳
Never mind The hurricane sitting right next to a volcanic eruption that was insane
I’m Tongan. Was kinda freaked out to hear about this, but it looks like the impact wasn’t as devastating as it could have been. All my family who still live there have been posting about it on social media, and I haven’t heard about any deaths. Thank goodness 🙏