Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai volcano (Tonga Islands): new submarine eruption volcanodiscovery/hunga-tonga-hunga-haapai/news.html A new submarine eruption started at the shallow submarine volcano off Tongatapu island in the Tonga archipelago. Satellite images from 28 Dec already show a plume of discolored water, not visible on images of 18 Dec, suggesting the activity started during this interval. From available pictures on social media, a water and possibly ash-containing plume is visible from a distance, which indicates that the eruption has by now breached the surface. Whether or not it will lead to the formation of a temporary or even permanent new island remains to be seen in 2015.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:18:30 +0000
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