A HUGE 7.1-magnitude earthquake has hit near Tonga and Niue in the Pacific Ocean and prompted a tsunami warning. The US ...

A 2022 satellite photo shows smoke rising from a caldera on Tofua, highlighting the "looming threat" of the volcanic island.

For two years, scientists were perplexed by what could have triggered the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai volcano ... as high as 45 meters at nearby islands. Using seismic waveform modeling ...

The Hunga Tonga volcano erupted Jan. 15, 2022, from a vent just 200 meters below the ocean's surface, shooting an enormous amount of water vapor, along with a moderate amount of sulfur dioxide ...

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Tonga overnight triggered a tsunami warning and evacuations. No damage has been reported and ...

Charlotte Lytton and Matthew Abbott traveled to Tonga to report this story. All photographs were made in May 2023. Sept. 1 at 6:00 a.m. Warning: This graphic requires ...

Tonga is an island country in the South Pacific with ... Tonga is home to a number of volcanoes including Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, Kao, Fonualei and Home Reef. As for ways to fill your ...

Tonga was rocked by the eruption of the Hunga Tonga volcano in 2022, covering the most populated islands in ash. The eruption resulted in Earth's the largest atmospheric explosion on modern record ...