The satellite photos released by the Ruptly agency about the catastrophic consequences of the huge submarine eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano in Tonga Pacific are shocking. Three people were killed in the blast. As the shocking high-resolution satellite images before and after the explosion show, serious damage was done to both the flora and the infrastructure.
The huge eruption of the submarine volcano in Tonga occurs only “about every thousand years” and was so large that it was visible from space.
The eruption caused a 7.4 magnitude earthquake and caused a tsunami off the coast of the Pacific island, leaving it covered in ash and cut off from aid.
In the United States, waves of more than four feet were recorded off the coast of California on Saturday and tsunami waves were recorded along the coasts in Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Canada and Alaska.
Before and after #satellite photos show impact of eruption in #Tonga *STILLS* pic.twitter.com/EOcIiMeJrv
— Ruptly (@Ruptly) January 18, 2022
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