Update #1. New satellite imagery appears to show that 90% of the Hunga Tonga island is gone. All that remains are two satellite islands to the east and west. Today's eruption was so energetic that several verifiable reports were made of the eruption boom being heard in Kenai (Alaska) which is 9243 km or 5743 mi distant. Also, in volcanology, there is a generalized equation to approximate the size of an eruption if it is greater than VEI 3. The equation is (plume height in kilometers + 25)/9 where you round down if you get a decimal. Although this eruption would return a figure of 5 (20+25)/9=5, the plume height is larger than it would have been if not for the interaction with seawater. Thus, this eruption was most likely of a magnitude VEI 4. I hope that there is not a severe toll from this tsunami. There is some good news; it did not occur at night but instead mid afternoon so everyone was awake. Also, you might be wondering why I did not show any footage of the tsunami as I had several clips available. The short answer is I did not want to get demonetized by TH-cam. They have a very specific policy against showing property destruction (unless you are a major news organization).
This eruption as viewed from space is quite a sight, really gives perspective on how powerful these events are. It does have an element of natural beauty as well as horror to it.
@@_mortiam If I understand what you mean correctly that was actually night setting on the area as the eruption happened right before nightfall in Tonga. (The massive band stretching vertically across the entire planet covering all latitudes.) Nightfall is a very interesting thing to view from space, the gradually darkening region between the light of day and the darkness of night is called the terminator, as light and darkness both end (terminate) there.
The National Weather Service in Alaska is confirming people's claims that they heard the booms as far north as Fairbanks Alaska, I did not personally hear it because I was asleep but an official source is confirming the sound was heard this far away. That's insane!
@@rickb3078 I just had someone share their security camera footage and you can hear the loudest one very clearly. Mind blowing it could be that loud so far away
@@vbscript2 the video was from Palmer, so 320 miles south on the highway but people are saying they heard here in Fairbanks. I did not I was sleeping but my dogs were acting like they do when we have an earthquake. The one woke me up climbing into the bed which he does not usually do. I dismissed it cause it's Alaska. Earthquakes happen lol. But now I gotta wonder
The shockwave was recorded in Alaska as residents heard the boom and the national weather service confirmed that the boom that were heard in most of Alaska are from the eruption in Hunga Tonga. The ash cloud is still very noticeable and is heading west towards New Caledonia
I have to doubt the veracity of reports that it was heard in Alaska. That would mean it was significantly louder than Krakatoa 1883. EDIT: Apparently it's being corroborated by several of the relevant scientific institutes. I find it incredibly impressive though, and I'm eagerly awaiting more news about this eruption.
@@Leyrann hi Alaskan here yep lots of early birds heard it and was asking on Facebook group if the military was doing training (they weren’t) because people heard a “boom”
@@Leyrann The sound probably did have a much easier time traveling across the --atlantic-- pacific. So it doesn't need to be louder based on that fact alone but it's certainly comparable.
I heard it in Auckland, New Zealand. I was having beers with a neighbour and we heard multiple booms - similar to fireworks but the sun was out so we knew it couldn't be fireworks. We actually climbed onto the roof to see if something in the neighbourhood blew up but we couldn't see anything so assumed it was construction noise or other demolition work.
I heard the explosion as well. Lots of damage in the northern marinas from the tsunami last night. Still surging at Orewa beach just north of Auckland by about a metre every 5 minutes at 7.30 this morning.
@@goldenpacificmedia I can't quite time stamp it as I didn't realise the relevance at this time but I reckon it was in and around 7:30 - 8pm. Not 100% sure though. We thought a car may have caught fire and it was popping with the petrol but there was probably 6 or 7 loud pops over a 5-10 minute span
I was watching a normal local news broadcast from California about this explosion since now there are tsunami warnings all up and down the West Coast. It was painful to watch--the beautiful lady that serves as meteorologist had a very difficult time explaining this stuff. So I came here to the expert instead. You provided probably 10x more useful information in 4 minutes than those lost newscasters could do in 12 minutes. Bless their little hearts. Thanks!
@@uptoolate2793 Not necessarily. The Sacramento area has had a number of decent meteorologists, including the recently retired Dave Bender. I credit them for my increased interest and basic knowledge of all things meteorological, as well as many things geological. When I moved to CA, I was very impressed that they covered weather events from everywhere in-depth. Also, they would have segments discussing different phenomenon, storms/hail, tornadoes, quakes, etc. I think this was in part due to the fact that we don't usually have much interesting weather here, and they were given the time. ✌️😎💚🌎
I used to live in the LA area many years ago. Pat Sajak was one of the big weather guys. LA has mostly boring weather so it was really a personality/comedy job. I remember the day he announced that he was going to try to host a new game show. He did pretty well with that!
@@brucekuehn4031 LA weather ranges from cool and sunny to warm and sunny to hot and sunny to very hot and sunny, with rain mayb 20 days of the year. That's it.
I measured two small pressure waves on my backyard weather station barometer about 12 and 24 h after the eruption. I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada which is almost exactly 1/3 the way around the globe. One wave arrived by a direct great circle route and the other went the long way around. Speed was ~300 m/s.
I can tell you firsthand what it did in Kailua Kona, HI. This morning. The usual crazy rapid extreme tide changes and strong shifting currents. High tide to low tide about every 15 minutes or so. Slightly to the extreme side both ways. Surfing was interesting during dawn patrol. Nothing severe danger-wise. Just tiring. The 2011 tsunami was a serious one.
I’m glad that the tsunami did not cause any damage in Hawaii. Part of the fact may be due to that volcanic tsunamis (caused by landslides) tend to be a bit slower than earthquake caused tsunamis.
I watched the 2011 tsunami do damage in Kailua town. The ocean rose up, poured over the sea wall, and ran down Ali'i Dr. My wife worked in an office at the old Kona Inn and had to take two weeks off because the power was out. I remember the water almost to the doorstep of Quin's.
@@sambaer8646 The Kona Inn Shopping Villages power was all underneath the building. It took 2 weeks to get replacement/new parts. My work was in a gallery in that shopping village at the time. I got to see the last big tidal surge go into the restaurant after it had already been destroyed. There were 4 distinct waves starting around 3 or 4 am. I shot photos of them from Lowe's parking lot. Focused on the outer edge of the pier.
Well, on the 23 mile southern leg of my bike ride this morning on maui, one section does drop down to sea level for a little ways down Makena side (my first 40 miles was at sea level along the pali highway on the west side -no damage or debris observed there) Did see an unusual amount of small rock and coral debris on the roadway in a couple spots in makena near Ahihi bay - pattern not consistant with heavy surf action - looks more like it "oozed" up onto the road instead of getting tossed (like a big West swell might do)
The central part of the island had sunk under the sea just hours before the eruption. More than 15 hours after the explosion, the air pressure wave passed over Europe, en route to the opposite point in the Sahara.
probably just a coincidence but the antipode to the volcano is near the Canaries where an eruption has been ongoing for several months now. Wonder if there is some sort of relation, though pretty unlikely
Think it’s a chain reaction, Alaska has 2 6.0+ magnitude earthquakes and then Jakarta, Indonesia had a 6.7 earthquake several hours before this eruption occurred. I won’t be surprised if the eruption in the Canary Islands had any influence on these earthquakes/eruptions.
I live in ninilchik Alaska and we've been hearing the shockwaves from the inlet all morning!! The Alaskan volcanic observatory has been confirming it... sounds like a distant battle, or storm... very cool!
We are just receiving the first waves down in the interior waters of Puget Sound. Hoping for no damages, as the primary forecast for us is likely to be just stronger than usual currents, rather than waves. Fingers crossed for minimal damages elsewhere.
What time did the waves get here? I tried to find an article of them saying how long it would take to arrive but could not. Did anyone happen to hear how long the tsunami took to arrive on the west coast? Hello from metro Vancouver BC
I knew you were gonna upload…I was just searching for it. You are my source for geological info. You are level headed and non hysterical in your reports. You deserve so many more subs!
@@tsm688 not saying they shouldn't post warnings but it's more a warning to stay out of water for the tidal surge. Boats usually get wrecked at worst, people on land will be fine
Congrats on getting to 100K subscribers, and with this event and video to mark the occasion too! Very well deserved and surely only the start of this journey.
The shockwave travelled across the world. Here in Austria in Middle Europe, which is pretty much on the opposite side of the globe, it was also visible as a spike in air pressure curves.
You almost predicted this event in yesterday's video. Thank you for such insightful and accurate information. I agree, yours is the best on this topic, by far
I still remember the 2004 earthquake and tsunami, where the tsunami reached all way to the Western Coastlines of South Africa! Nature is definitely scary!
Heard a bang near Portland, Oregon last night. Like a semi-truck's doors slamming. Can't believe it was the volcano. Many reported hearing it near Spokane, Washington too. Thanks for your swift upload!
Sorry Kathryn I really shouldn't have had that tacobell last night .I just managed to clear the city limits before my ass exploded.give my best to portland 🔥💥🌮
I also have been anxiously waiting for this. I live in a small island off the coast of Brisbane, Qld, Australia and it just so happens that my 10 year old daughter and I heard a loud bang/boom in the afternoon. We couldn’t work out where the noise could have possibly originated from! Now we know. As always your video was extremely informative. Love from Australia 🇦🇺
I don't know if you believe in God, but I hope you understand that this is happening to also try to save Australians from the government's role in it all, and all behind the government of Australia.
@@anaibarangan4908 You must be an important person if God spoke directly to you to tell you this lol. Otherwise how would you know? Unless you just made it up.
Was waiting for this. I wish your channel gets bigger. You could save lives potentially if enough people subscribed. Thanks for the hard work. Good call on the bouys. Maybe this is a wake up call.keep it up!
I was looking for your update! Amazing how far away the eruption could be heard! I hope everyone in Tonga is all right and that no one anywhere else got hurt!
Your channel is by and far the best on topic. I love how you explain everything so clearly and scientifically. I will be joining your Patron later today.
I live in Sweden and my personal weather station air pressure quickly went up about 1 hPa at about 6:45 PM UTC over here on Saturday. Lots of weather stations all over Europe noticed this short pressure change on their graphs.
Also, there seem to have been a second wave or that the wave has been going around since South and Central Europe just recently recieved a new sudden pressure change but now a decrease instead
Makes sense as the Tsar Bomba's pressure wave circled the Earth thrice. This is about that kind of magnitude. My weather station showed a pressure spike of about 1.8hPa around 9:20PM MSK time.
Very nice video also you just reached 100k I am really proud for you :) I am so lucky I found you it's clear you love this channel and puts tons of effort I like seeing you do well Congrats love from england :) But one thing Im surprised you have not done is Mt. Cameroon it's my 2nd favourite volcano in Africa would like to see it And If i had more money I would be a patron you're amazing mate!
AFter watching this video I checked the data from my weather station in Melbourne Australia and there was a significant spike in air pressure rising from 1006hPa to 1008.4 hPa and then falling back to 1005.6hPa over between 6:54pm and 7:44pm Melbourne time which coinsides with the Hunga Tonga eruption. I have never seen something like this being caused by such an vent 4200+km away before. I find it quite amazing.
The middle section of the island was already gone from a Jan 14 eruption before the most recent explosion. This is according to a photo posted to Twitter by Dr. Janine Krippner
I read about the warning this morning and seen that it originated from tonga. I was patiently waiting for you to do an update. Thank you. Love your videos
Thank You for news of this eruption. What a massive explosion. Nature certainly shows mankind who is in control. Tsunami warnings must be scary but they save lives. Kindly provide an update on the status of the island when things calm down. Very much appreciated. 🌋💕
Reading this a few days later. We had quick tidal changes inside the San Francisco Bay. Pretty amazing that there was enough energy to funnel in the Golden Gate Narrows and affect the entire bay. Avoided going to see my boat since local warnings said to avoid marinas beaches and other shoreline. Went sailing Sunday. The only evidence that anything was amiss was all the debris. We also had a high tide so with the extra height from the surge I'm sure a lot of stuff got dislodged from the shoreline. My track out of the estuary was a near constant zigzag and we all kept a good watch. Just found your channel. Very good explanation. Thanks. Last tsunami from Japan damaged docks and other structures where they were aligned with the incoming rush and opposite the entrance to the Bay. I saw videos where the water looked like a river through the Berkeley Marina. Glad my boat was in Alameda.
Thank you for that information I was wondering how high tide change was in the San Francisco Bay. My nephew used to be the Lighthouse Keeper on the East brother light station he now lives in the upper portion of Washington
@@Adele-zq5zd He seems to believe we have missiles over a kilometer in length😂. You’d need a large payload to recreate something like that, which last I checked most countries scaled back their arsenal in favor of smaller accurate weapons for maximum efficiency
This volcano is proving itself to be quite the capable little thing. I wonder if it could possibly create some larger blasts, since it certainly doesn't look done yet. The ancient caldera definitely makes me wonder if this thing could pull off a VEI 6 or perhaps even 7 if it has more magma down there and keeps going like this.
With these ocean volcanoes it's the collapse of the magma chamber, allowing seawater to rush in and react with magma, is what make the big explosions. It appears that this is in fact what occurred, so I wouldn't expect anything quite so violent now. It is of course speculation, but I think this is the more likely scenario
That mystery 1808 eruption - based on stratospheric aerosol veil distribution being visible in South America before anywhere else while also being initially only visible across a large area (both Colombia and Peru simultaneously), kind of points a finger at something near where Hunga Tonga is now located as being the source of it, although more research (computer modeling would be helpful) would need to be conducted to confirm that. Regardless of whether or not it is the source however, based on the audibility in Alaska as well as the sheer size of the eruption column, I wouldn’t be surprised if this current eruption ends up being a VEI-6 when all is set and done, especially given that no 4 that we know of has ever managed to spread 200 miles from its source upon reaching the stratosphere. Also, because the reaction of SO2 and water is how you get a stratospheric aerosol veil to form, the effect on climate is also going to be interesting to watch.
@@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking Galapagos is too close to be visible from both Colombia and Peru at the same time and Easter Island is too far south to be visible from Colombia in particular. Also, the only thing that was visible from both those locations simultaneously was the stratospheric aerosol veil, not the eruption column - people living along the South American coast would be able to see the eruption column itself if it was that close. It would have to be far enough west of there to send aerosols both north and south, while also ensuring that people in South America only see aerosols and not ash, and also far enough east of the Maritime Continent to remain mysterious in origin, not to mention have a low enough profile to remain invisible to people on ships. Hunga Tonga, based on those observations and the details therein, is the only thing that makes any sense when it comes to pinning down the source of that 1808 ice core spike.
@@sixthsenseamelia4695 Very few of them are large submarine calderas with explosive tendencies, and Hunga Tonga just happens to be a large submarine caldera - again, that’s why I suggested computer modeling as a way of narrowing everything down. It may not be the only candidate, but it’s the best candidate we have.
im sure i seen a few last year, at least a handful since 2016. there has been a few bigger ones erupting. what ive read that volcanic eruptions have been increasing by a big jump since 2016, but we have entered a grand solar minimum cycle 2020-2053 but sun's activity went quite at end of 2016 start of 2017, happens approx every 350-400 years and also in these times we have a weakened magnetic field, a weakened magnetic field has many effects, volcanic possible as some of the biggest in resent history have happens in these cycles, also cosmic rays, they can effect clouds directly, seed clouds, trigger lightning. many big changes are happening and we are just along for the ride
@@stevekenilworth There has been no such eruption plume last year. Nor in 2019 even with Raikoke and Ulawun having VEI4 eruptions. We have seen many plumes around 15 KM's asi but above 20? Nope. There was Manam in 2015 but it might have been just short of that value.
Thank you so much because I was way ahead of the news because I watched your video about this eruption yesterday. I’ve been sharing this channel because it’s a great one.
Huge shoutout to Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai for producing one of if not thee most powerful eruption of the 21st century so far just to celebrate you hitting 100K subs! Just kidding. Congrats, GeologyHub! 🎉🥳🎊
Great data and breakdown. Your videos are not only very informative but I'm willing to bet you've already helped save some lives. Keep up the good work.
Just before watching this, I viewed a short from Space Videos of the first 12 hours of the eruption. Having seen that, this comes as no surprise to me. There's huge power there, to a point that, even from space, this thing is awe-inspiring.
Several hours later and we are still in a tsunami advisory here in N. California. I feel for the people of Tonga. The local news interviewed Tongans living in our area and they said communications went down early this afternoon. Hopefully it’s just their cellular/internet and not because of additional damage.
Authorities say at 11 pm today is another high tide in San Francisco. Im glad I'm here in Northern California too. Hope this thing doesn't set off an earthquake in the Bay Area. 😬
Tsunamis don't look like big breaker waves. The wave is so long that it appears that the ocean just rises several or tens of feet. Depending on the topography it can be very devastating.
Yes, I think most people's notion of a tsunamis was derived from movies; a single vast towering wave that smashes through cities leaving little if any debris in the crystal clear waters. Although the plentiful footage of the horrific Japanese tsunamis in 2011 has probably done as much as anything to correct that notion.
Wow!!! It is Hunga Tonga!!! Based an the first newscasts I checked out, it didn't seem like it. Given the visible shockwave on the satellite feeds, I'm not surprised how far away it was heard/felt. Here in California, Santa Cruz already has some larger waves and flooding at the Marina. It was reported that Monterey had 2ft and LA had 1-2ft waves. I'm in the Delta region, which is also listed in the advisories. But haven't gone out to see if there've been any changes here. 🤦 Hope everyone's ok in the islands. Looked like there was extensive coastal flooding. Much thanks for the informative update. CNN needs you! ✌️😸
This explosion was more powerful than the 1883 blast of Anak Krakatau. Think. This volcano is more than 500 Ft under water. And it sent ash into the Mesosphere? WHAT?
The pressure wave was noticed at the MSP airport (Minneapolis, Minnesota USA). It erupted around 10PM our time on 1/14 and reached here at 8AM on 1/15.
Last satellite images 15-01-2022 shows the entire centre of the island is gone, just two portions split by seawater. The pictures were taken two hours before the massive blast of today.
I had a dream a few months ago. I was suspended in the air looking down at the earth... I could see the entire continents of North America, Central America, and South America. I saw the origin of a mega tsunami break loose in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and it split into 3 mega tsunamis, all heading east...each several hundred miles long, MASSIVE. One was heading for the West Coast of North America, the middle tsunami heading for Central America, and the 3rd heading towards South America
Very intriguing. I had a dream 8 years ago of the moon's position being a lot closer to earth, almost as if you were viewing it through a telescope. It was a deep red color.
I live about halfway down the North Island of NZ and yesterday at roughly 6pm we experienced something odd - our north-facing doors/windows shook for about ten minutes yet there was no detectable ground movement/wind was very minimal. Could this have been an effect of the shockwave from the explosion reaching us ~2 hours later? At the time I was very confused as this has never happened before in over a decade in this house & hadn't heard about the most recent eruption yet, but now I am curious if this could be possible?
Eruption not far from Tonga Trench 2nd deepest 10.88km through Kermadec all the way to Christchurch I'm from Auckland hope everyone safe and my Tongatapu Island 🏝 🙏
I think this happened in Central Christchurch . Windows onto first floor balcony rattled twice and I looked for an earthtremor on Canterbury Quake Live but did not see anything on the drum.
@@MrPeabody67 2 hours for a pressure wave from an eruption to travel from Tonga to NZ? Very much not an expert, but that seems incredibly long. I wonder if it might not have been an unusual type of ground tremor, related to the explosion/geological aftereffects of it? I think one can get strange combinations/intensities of various ground-waves that might account for the movement of north-facing doors & windows without any tremors detectable via human senses. Just wild layperson speculation on my part, though.
There were constant notices continuously in Japan for all the islands. this was going on until i went to sleep a couple of hours ago, 10:55AM Mountain time.
Sorry, but I have a hard time believing that. Alaska is nearly 9000 km away, even Krakatoa's 1883 eruption, famously the loudest sound ever heard by humans, was only audible 5000 km away.
@@Leyrann It is all over social media here in Alaska. Many of us heard it. I understand you skepticism. Keep watching the news. It has been officially reported by the National Weather Service.
The pressure wave from Tonga is the only thing capable of travelling that distance, not the audible part of the eruption. It's most likely to have been pushing sounds from much closer in with it, such as the erupting Aleutian Island volcano. So you may well have been hearing sounds of an eruption, just not the one in Tonga. One of these weird coincidences.
I detected the pressure change on my Weather Station in Adelaide, South Australia, a few hours later a friend reported a pressure change in Perth Western Australia. It was amazing to see. Few reports of rumbles on the eastern side of Australia. The Ash plume from the eruption hit the Eastern side of Australia and was visible on Weather Satellites, as well as an interesting coloured sunrise in Mackay, QLD.
Yup 2-3ft tsunami measures in Monterey Bay in California. No damages (AFAIK) occurred at high tide but it was still below most break walls so nothing really exciting.
Here in the Bay Area we are seeing slight flooding in low lying areas throughout the bay (Berkeley Marina, Marin/Sausalito, Santa Cruz, Carmel/Monterey) The mandatory evacuation order went out around 7am and is still in effect as of this comment (10:30 AM ish). Plan ahead for increased traffic around the Bay Bridge and the Richmond bridge and Stay safe everyone DO NOT GO TO THE BEACHES PLS AND TY
@@lisafulkerson6903 ok. I heard a bizarre noise about the right time that u couldn't explain. It wasn't a gunshot. It was late at night. I don't know the exact time. So i figured if they heard it in Anchorage Alaska, it was possible to hear it on the left coast of the lower 48....
Update #1. New satellite imagery appears to show that 90% of the Hunga Tonga island is gone. All that remains are two satellite islands to the east and west.
Today's eruption was so energetic that several verifiable reports were made of the eruption boom being heard in Kenai (Alaska) which is 9243 km or 5743 mi distant. Also, in volcanology, there is a generalized equation to approximate the size of an eruption if it is greater than VEI 3. The equation is (plume height in kilometers + 25)/9 where you round down if you get a decimal. Although this eruption would return a figure of 5 (20+25)/9=5, the plume height is larger than it would have been if not for the interaction with seawater. Thus, this eruption was most likely of a magnitude VEI 4. I hope that there is not a severe toll from this tsunami. There is some good news; it did not occur at night but instead mid afternoon so everyone was awake.
Also, you might be wondering why I did not show any footage of the tsunami as I had several clips available. The short answer is I did not want to get demonetized by TH-cam. They have a very specific policy against showing property destruction (unless you are a major news organization).
Could the new plinian eruption have added some new area to the island?
The eruption was large
Heard and felt the blast which shook my house in Thornbury rural Southland New Zealand
That’s one hell of a VEI 4 if it was heard in Alaska
It was heard in Palmer Alaska and out on KGB (Kanik Goose Bay road)
This eruption as viewed from space is quite a sight, really gives perspective on how powerful these events are. It does have an element of natural beauty as well as horror to it.
Oh for sure! So fascinating to say the least.
Absolutely
What was that dark band traveling over the eruption, though?
can you say: H A A R P ?
@@_mortiam If I understand what you mean correctly that was actually night setting on the area as the eruption happened right before nightfall in Tonga. (The massive band stretching vertically across the entire planet covering all latitudes.)
Nightfall is a very interesting thing to view from space, the gradually darkening region between the light of day and the darkness of night is called the terminator, as light and darkness both end (terminate) there.
The National Weather Service in Alaska is confirming people's claims that they heard the booms as far north as Fairbanks Alaska, I did not personally hear it because I was asleep but an official source is confirming the sound was heard this far away. That's insane!
Wow!
Crazy!
@@rickb3078 I just had someone share their security camera footage and you can hear the loudest one very clearly. Mind blowing it could be that loud so far away
Wow, that's nuts. Fairbanks is 6,100 miles from there, even farther away than the U.S. West Coast.
@@vbscript2 the video was from Palmer, so 320 miles south on the highway but people are saying they heard here in Fairbanks. I did not I was sleeping but my dogs were acting like they do when we have an earthquake. The one woke me up climbing into the bed which he does not usually do. I dismissed it cause it's Alaska. Earthquakes happen lol. But now I gotta wonder
The shockwave was recorded in Alaska as residents heard the boom and the national weather service confirmed that the boom that were heard in most of Alaska are from the eruption in Hunga Tonga. The ash cloud is still very noticeable and is heading west towards New Caledonia
I have to doubt the veracity of reports that it was heard in Alaska. That would mean it was significantly louder than Krakatoa 1883.
EDIT: Apparently it's being corroborated by several of the relevant scientific institutes. I find it incredibly impressive though, and I'm eagerly awaiting more news about this eruption.
@@Leyrann hi Alaskan here yep lots of early birds heard it and was asking on Facebook group if the military was doing training (they weren’t) because people heard a “boom”
@@Leyrann i think the krakatau eruption of 1883 was heard all around the globe and actually travelling around the globe multiple times
@@Leyrann The sound probably did have a much easier time traveling across the --atlantic-- pacific.
So it doesn't need to be louder based on that fact alone but it's certainly comparable.
@@Add1cted The pressure wave was detected around the world, the hearable soundwave was not.
I heard it in Auckland, New Zealand. I was having beers with a neighbour and we heard multiple booms - similar to fireworks but the sun was out so we knew it couldn't be fireworks. We actually climbed onto the roof to see if something in the neighbourhood blew up but we couldn't see anything so assumed it was construction noise or other demolition work.
They were heard in Invercargil, throught out all of NZ..Certainly heard them here in Nelson..
that noise was your politicians speaking about covid.
I heard the explosion as well. Lots of damage in the northern marinas from the tsunami last night. Still surging at Orewa beach just north of Auckland by about a metre every 5 minutes at 7.30 this morning.
That's extraordinary! Thanks for sharing your experience. What time did you experience this in Auckland?
@@goldenpacificmedia I can't quite time stamp it as I didn't realise the relevance at this time but I reckon it was in and around 7:30 - 8pm. Not 100% sure though. We thought a car may have caught fire and it was popping with the petrol but there was probably 6 or 7 loud pops over a 5-10 minute span
I was watching a normal local news broadcast from California about this explosion since now there are tsunami warnings all up and down the West Coast. It was painful to watch--the beautiful lady that serves as meteorologist had a very difficult time explaining this stuff. So I came here to the expert instead. You provided probably 10x more useful information in 4 minutes than those lost newscasters could do in 12 minutes. Bless their little hearts. Thanks!
They are useful idiots choosen to report propaganda as if it's fact. They're not very good with real news.
@@uptoolate2793 Not necessarily. The Sacramento area has had a number of decent meteorologists, including the recently retired Dave Bender. I credit them for my increased interest and basic knowledge of all things meteorological, as well as many things geological.
When I moved to CA, I was very impressed that they covered weather events from everywhere in-depth. Also, they would have segments discussing different phenomenon, storms/hail, tornadoes, quakes, etc. I think this was in part due to the fact that we don't usually have much interesting weather here, and they were given the time.
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Journalists in general usually don't have much in the way of science education, if any.
I used to live in the LA area many years ago. Pat Sajak was one of the big weather guys. LA has mostly boring weather so it was really a personality/comedy job. I remember the day he announced that he was going to try to host a new game show. He did pretty well with that!
@@brucekuehn4031 LA weather ranges from cool and sunny to warm and sunny to hot and sunny to very hot and sunny, with rain mayb 20 days of the year. That's it.
I measured two small pressure waves on my backyard weather station barometer about 12 and 24 h after the eruption. I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada which is almost exactly 1/3 the way around the globe. One wave arrived by a direct great circle route and the other went the long way around. Speed was ~300 m/s.
330m/s
@@boomclashgamer7444 that’s what I measured.
Almost exactly. That's what you want to put into all you specific measurements?
@@scottallberry6713 I calculated the great circle distance and divided by measured the time difference. The result is the average speed.
I can tell you firsthand what it did in Kailua Kona, HI. This morning. The usual crazy rapid extreme tide changes and strong shifting currents. High tide to low tide about every 15 minutes or so. Slightly to the extreme side both ways. Surfing was interesting during dawn patrol. Nothing severe danger-wise. Just tiring.
The 2011 tsunami was a serious one.
I’m glad that the tsunami did not cause any damage in Hawaii. Part of the fact may be due to that volcanic tsunamis (caused by landslides) tend to be a bit slower than earthquake caused tsunamis.
That sounds beautiful 🥰
I watched the 2011 tsunami do damage in Kailua town. The ocean rose up, poured over the sea wall, and ran down Ali'i Dr. My wife worked in an office at the old Kona Inn and had to take two weeks off because the power was out. I remember the water almost to the doorstep of Quin's.
@@sambaer8646 The Kona Inn Shopping Villages power was all underneath the building. It took 2 weeks to get replacement/new parts. My work was in a gallery in that shopping village at the time. I got to see the last big tidal surge go into the restaurant after it had already been destroyed.
There were 4 distinct waves starting around 3 or 4 am. I shot photos of them from Lowe's parking lot. Focused on the outer edge of the pier.
Well, on the 23 mile southern leg of my bike ride this morning on maui, one section does drop down to sea level for a little ways down Makena side (my first 40 miles was at sea level along the pali highway on the west side -no damage or debris observed there)
Did see an unusual amount of small rock and coral debris on the roadway in a couple spots in makena near Ahihi bay - pattern not consistant with heavy surf action - looks more like it "oozed" up onto the road instead of getting tossed (like a big West swell might do)
The central part of the island had sunk under the sea just hours before the eruption.
More than 15 hours after the explosion, the air pressure wave passed over Europe, en route to the opposite point in the Sahara.
Holy crap!! So this shockwave pretty much circled the globe?? That's crazy!!!
probably just a coincidence but the antipode to the volcano is near the Canaries where an eruption has been ongoing for several months now. Wonder if there is some sort of relation, though pretty unlikely
@@krist6074 Yep, arrived in Minneapolis MN about 8AM today (1/15/22).
Think it’s a chain reaction, Alaska has 2 6.0+ magnitude earthquakes and then Jakarta, Indonesia had a 6.7 earthquake several hours before this eruption occurred. I won’t be surprised if the eruption in the Canary Islands had any influence on these earthquakes/eruptions.
@@zaneboshoff6210 How would those volcanoes be linked? they are thousands of kilometers apart.
I live in ninilchik Alaska and we've been hearing the shockwaves from the inlet all morning!! The Alaskan volcanic observatory has been confirming it... sounds like a distant battle, or storm... very cool!
How many booms did you hear where they continuous or did they come in waves?
I wonder if the shape of the inlet is helping to magnify the sound waves somehow
Boom..ba boomboom!! Like distant thunder, it shocked me because we rarely get thunder here and only on the hottest of summer days
I just did a quick google search and it’s true. Amazing how you guys are hearing it all the way out there.
What a load of tripe....hope the pays good....liar !
We are just receiving the first waves down in the interior waters of Puget Sound. Hoping for no damages, as the primary forecast for us is likely to be just stronger than usual currents, rather than waves. Fingers crossed for minimal damages elsewhere.
Greetings from Vancouver Island. Looks like we all good up here. 👍🏻
Looks like only minor damage occurred to a group of fishing boats in California. Damage should be similar in Canada.
And nothing, warning was over last night.
How many Kilotons of TNT ?
What time did the waves get here? I tried to find an article of them saying how long it would take to arrive but could not. Did anyone happen to hear how long the tsunami took to arrive on the west coast? Hello from metro Vancouver BC
You predicted the collapse right!
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I knew you were gonna upload…I was just searching for it.
You are my source for geological info. You are level headed and non hysterical in your reports.
You deserve so many more subs!
Japan has also issued Tsunami warnings for the entire Eastern coast.
@@grimsquad273 Yep they are or were expecting Tsunamis up to 3 meters, they had a rolling emergency broadcast on NHK World when I posted my comment.
@@steventomes2258 they should be fine they're far away from Tonga
@@masterroshimagazines4354 Not THAT far. If it's close enough for australia to post warnings they should too.
They are probably the most prepared of all countries when it comes to tsunami
@@tsm688 not saying they shouldn't post warnings but it's more a warning to stay out of water for the tidal surge. Boats usually get wrecked at worst, people on land will be fine
The pressure shock wave (1,5 hPa) caused by the eruption was recorded 15h 20m later in Czechia, 16530 km away.
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Congrats on getting to 100K subscribers, and with this event and video to mark the occasion too! Very well deserved and surely only the start of this journey.
This is by far the best video I have seen about the eruption and land slide. Good job 👍
Best description I have seen so far. Informative and calming. Thank you!!!!!
The shockwave travelled across the world. Here in Austria in Middle Europe, which is pretty much on the opposite side of the globe, it was also visible as a spike in air pressure curves.
There was a spike in air pressure here in Scotland too. Sunsets have been spectacular, with all the dust in the atmosphere.
was that measured from an ordinary household barometer?
@@renishii6834 I'm not sure, but what I can see on the readings people posted, it jumped 1.5 hPa higher.
You almost predicted this event in yesterday's video. Thank you for such insightful and accurate information. I agree, yours is the best on this topic, by far
Just had my barometer record a pressure spike as the shockwave passed over my head here in the UK. It's taken 10,000+ miles to reach me.
Wild stuff. Leave it to Mother Earth to properly humble us.
I still remember the 2004 earthquake and tsunami, where the tsunami reached all way to the Western Coastlines of South Africa! Nature is definitely scary!
I’ve been waiting for your information on this. Thank you.
This was fascinating and didn't completely go over my head, as a non-geological person. Thank you!
Heard a bang near Portland, Oregon last night. Like a semi-truck's doors slamming. Can't believe it was the volcano. Many reported hearing it near Spokane, Washington too. Thanks for your swift upload!
Sorry Kathryn I really shouldn't have had that tacobell last night .I just managed to clear the city limits before my ass exploded.give my best to portland 🔥💥🌮
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That was just Antifa and The Riot Snack Van re-booting. Damnation and suffering to PDX and Antifa.
Lol. No you didn't
That wasn’t a band, that was a homless soup kitchen in ur Prius
Thanks for the timely and detailed updates -This is definitely a go-to channel for me
I also have been anxiously waiting for this.
I live in a small island off the coast of Brisbane, Qld, Australia and it just so happens that my 10 year old daughter and I heard a loud bang/boom in the afternoon. We couldn’t work out where the noise could have possibly originated from! Now we know. As always your video was extremely informative. Love from Australia 🇦🇺
I don't know if you believe in God, but I hope you understand that this is happening to also try to save Australians from the government's role in it all, and all behind the government of Australia.
@@anaibarangan4908 You must be an important person if God spoke directly to you to tell you this lol. Otherwise how would you know? Unless you just made it up.
*waves from Ashgrove* I heard it too! .. kinda passed it off as RAAF manouvers until I got inside and the Net was blowing up about it!
@@Fomites They think they're The Chosen One.
@@vk2ig Indeed :-)
Love your channel. Told my wife I never thought I'd be eagerly awaiting a geology video to be released, but here we are.
Was waiting for this. I wish your channel gets bigger. You could save lives potentially if enough people subscribed. Thanks for the hard work. Good call on the bouys. Maybe this is a wake up call.keep it up!
He’s a fucking kid fresh out of college,,,, perhaps do some research and realize who and what you are listening to.
Lmao..your Dummy... potentially save lives...." Foh
@@peteparker7396 Bambino is a Dummy.
@@peteparker7396 What does it matter. He could be out making Tiktoks and hitting clubs. Instead is providing us with insight and content on volcanism.
Zeds Dead 🤟
What a stellar presentation! Nailed the pronunciations, too! Thanks for putting this together. Subscribed.
congrats on 100k subs!!!
It was frigging loud here in New Zealand! Went on for about 15sec.
I was looking for your update! Amazing how far away the eruption could be heard! I hope everyone in Tonga is all right and that no one anywhere else got hurt!
Your channel is by and far the best on topic. I love how you explain everything so clearly and scientifically. I will be joining your Patron later today.
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"Warning for the entire US west coast and Alaska"
Reminder: there is a country called Canada there too...
Canada! 🇨🇦
Sorry John L - we americans tend to be a bit us-focused. Y'all are ridiculously long-suffering with us. Thank you.
I would not count Canada as a legit country. It has become more like North Korea.
I live in Sweden and my personal weather station air pressure quickly went up about 1 hPa at about 6:45 PM UTC over here on Saturday. Lots of weather stations all over Europe noticed this short pressure change on their graphs.
Also, there seem to have been a second wave or that the wave has been going around since South and Central Europe just recently recieved a new sudden pressure change but now a decrease instead
Makes sense as the Tsar Bomba's pressure wave circled the Earth thrice. This is about that kind of magnitude. My weather station showed a pressure spike of about 1.8hPa around 9:20PM MSK time.
@@alexforspeed Oh wow, yes! A decrease of 1.6hPa at 5:20AM MSK time.
Would be curious to triangulate and learn more about these shosckwaves for sure.
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We got a Tsunami Advisory in Marin County, California too.
It's all over the news, glad you are mentioned this yesterday.
Very nice video
also you just reached 100k I am really proud for you :) I am so lucky I found you it's clear you love this channel and puts tons of effort I like seeing you do well
Congrats love from england :)
But one thing Im surprised you have not done is Mt. Cameroon it's my 2nd favourite volcano in Africa would like to see it
And If i had more money I would be a patron you're amazing mate!
AFter watching this video I checked the data from my weather station in Melbourne Australia and there was a significant spike in air pressure rising from 1006hPa to 1008.4 hPa and then falling back to 1005.6hPa over between 6:54pm and 7:44pm Melbourne time which coinsides with the Hunga Tonga eruption. I have never seen something like this being caused by such an vent 4200+km away before. I find it quite amazing.
All of NZ heard the sonic booms,the North Island experienced the sonic wave..Incredible!
What time did you hear it?
Another well-explained and up-to-the-minute video. Thanks again for all your efforts. Omedeto gozaimasu!
The middle section of the island was already gone from a Jan 14 eruption before the most recent explosion. This is according to a photo posted to Twitter by Dr. Janine Krippner
I read about the warning this morning and seen that it originated from tonga. I was patiently waiting for you to do an update.
Thank you.
Love your videos
Thank You for news of this eruption. What a massive explosion. Nature certainly shows mankind who is in control. Tsunami warnings must be scary but they save lives. Kindly provide an update on the status of the island when things calm down. Very much appreciated. 🌋💕
Be advised that that "West coast of the US and Alaska" also includes Canada. Guess you just missed that tiny country.....
Yup it’s a very tini tiny speck of land! 😅 but then I live in New Zealand 😁
Well, Canada has been acting very small these days.
Absolutely love this channel. With all the hyperbole-laced dialogue in media these days, it’s nice to have a source I can trust. Thank you 🙂
Thank you for posting this video. Super informative, and way more detailed than what the news broadcast are giving us. 👍🏽
Nice! 100k congrats!
Congrats on 100k!
Praying for everyone this may impact.
Reading this a few days later. We had quick tidal changes inside the San Francisco Bay. Pretty amazing that there was enough energy to funnel in the Golden Gate Narrows and affect the entire bay. Avoided going to see my boat since local warnings said to avoid marinas beaches and other shoreline. Went sailing Sunday. The only evidence that anything was amiss was all the debris. We also had a high tide so with the extra height from the surge I'm sure a lot of stuff got dislodged from the shoreline. My track out of the estuary was a near constant zigzag and we all kept a good watch. Just found your channel. Very good explanation. Thanks. Last tsunami from Japan damaged docks and other structures where they were aligned with the incoming rush and opposite the entrance to the Bay. I saw videos where the water looked like a river through the Berkeley Marina. Glad my boat was in Alameda.
Thank you for that information I was wondering how high tide change was in the San Francisco Bay. My nephew used to be the Lighthouse Keeper on the East brother light station he now lives in the upper portion of Washington
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@@kevinbrown4904 do you honestly believe a missile was involved?
@@Adele-zq5zd He seems to believe we have missiles over a kilometer in length😂. You’d need a large payload to recreate something like that, which last I checked most countries scaled back their arsenal in favor of smaller accurate weapons for maximum efficiency
Tsunami warnings were also issued for Vancouver Island and BC coast -- you know, all those bits between west coast US and Alaska :)
We got this!
I noticed he left out Canada.
This volcano is proving itself to be quite the capable little thing. I wonder if it could possibly create some larger blasts, since it certainly doesn't look done yet. The ancient caldera definitely makes me wonder if this thing could pull off a VEI 6 or perhaps even 7 if it has more magma down there and keeps going like this.
Probably not, the edifice collapsed As the magma in the chamber drained
With these ocean volcanoes it's the collapse of the magma chamber, allowing seawater to rush in and react with magma, is what make the big explosions. It appears that this is in fact what occurred, so I wouldn't expect anything quite so violent now. It is of course speculation, but I think this is the more likely scenario
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Alot of volcano 🌋 activity in the last 2 years.. 🌎🌍 worlds exploding.
That mystery 1808 eruption - based on stratospheric aerosol veil distribution being visible in South America before anywhere else while also being initially only visible across a large area (both Colombia and Peru simultaneously), kind of points a finger at something near where Hunga Tonga is now located as being the source of it, although more research (computer modeling would be helpful) would need to be conducted to confirm that.
Regardless of whether or not it is the source however, based on the audibility in Alaska as well as the sheer size of the eruption column, I wouldn’t be surprised if this current eruption ends up being a VEI-6 when all is set and done, especially given that no 4 that we know of has ever managed to spread 200 miles from its source upon reaching the stratosphere. Also, because the reaction of SO2 and water is how you get a stratospheric aerosol veil to form, the effect on climate is also going to be interesting to watch.
Perhaps Galapagos, or Easter Island?
@@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking Galapagos is too close to be visible from both Colombia and Peru at the same time and Easter Island is too far south to be visible from Colombia in particular. Also, the only thing that was visible from both those locations simultaneously was the stratospheric aerosol veil, not the eruption column - people living along the South American coast would be able to see the eruption column itself if it was that close.
It would have to be far enough west of there to send aerosols both north and south, while also ensuring that people in South America only see aerosols and not ash, and also far enough east of the Maritime Continent to remain mysterious in origin, not to mention have a low enough profile to remain invisible to people on ships. Hunga Tonga, based on those observations and the details therein, is the only thing that makes any sense when it comes to pinning down the source of that 1808 ice core spike.
There's hundreds of submarine volcanos in the South Pacific, quite difficult to say which eruption is the mystery one.
@@sixthsenseamelia4695 Very few of them are large submarine calderas with explosive tendencies, and Hunga Tonga just happens to be a large submarine caldera - again, that’s why I suggested computer modeling as a way of narrowing everything down. It may not be the only candidate, but it’s the best candidate we have.
@@kennystrawnmusic Havre seamount in the Kermadecs had an eruption larger than Pinatubo in 2012.
There's already videos of the tsunami arriving on the west coast. Really gives you an idea of the insane scale of this thing.
I love this channel. Found you when watching volcano in Canary Islands.
Thank you! ❤️
Eruptions with plumes higher than 20km's are pretty rare! I can count only a handful since Pinatubo.
im sure i seen a few last year, at least a handful since 2016. there has been a few bigger ones erupting. what ive read that volcanic eruptions have been increasing by a big jump since 2016, but we have entered a grand solar minimum cycle 2020-2053 but sun's activity went quite at end of 2016 start of 2017, happens approx every 350-400 years and also in these times we have a weakened magnetic field, a weakened magnetic field has many effects, volcanic possible as some of the biggest in resent history have happens in these cycles, also cosmic rays, they can effect clouds directly, seed clouds, trigger lightning. many big changes are happening and we are just along for the ride
@@stevekenilworth There has been no such eruption plume last year. Nor in 2019 even with Raikoke and Ulawun having VEI4 eruptions. We have seen many plumes around 15 KM's asi but above 20? Nope. There was Manam in 2015 but it might have been just short of that value.
Thank you so much because I was way ahead of the news because I watched your video about this eruption yesterday. I’ve been sharing this channel because it’s a great one.
Huge shoutout to Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai for producing one of if not thee most powerful eruption of the 21st century so far just to celebrate you hitting 100K subs!
Just kidding.
Congrats, GeologyHub! 🎉🥳🎊
Um remember the earthquake and tsunami in 2004..that was only 18 years ago 😅
@@zaneboshoff6210 Just over 17 years ago and it wasn’t caused by an eruption.
Wow the explosion.. 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
waves have hit nz ..
But the explosion is the most significant BANG.
Prayers & my thoughts are with tonga
Great data and breakdown. Your videos are not only very informative but I'm willing to bet you've already helped save some lives. Keep up the good work.
You've had an eruption of subscribers, lately !
Great channel.
Just before watching this, I viewed a short from Space Videos of the first 12 hours of the eruption. Having seen that, this comes as no surprise to me. There's huge power there, to a point that, even from space, this thing is awe-inspiring.
Thanks. So glad to have someone in the know what is happening and translate it for us.
Several hours later and we are still in a tsunami advisory here in N. California. I feel for the people of Tonga. The local news interviewed Tongans living in our area and they said communications went down early this afternoon. Hopefully it’s just their cellular/internet and not because of additional damage.
Authorities say at 11 pm today is another high tide in San Francisco. Im glad I'm here in Northern California too. Hope this thing doesn't set off an earthquake in the Bay Area. 😬
Best report & pics so far.
Thx!
in case someone should say it, it was not caused by global warming, but it was nature being nature
Thanks for the info. The ocean is incredibly powerful!
Tsunamis don't look like big breaker waves. The wave is so long that it appears that the ocean just rises several or tens of feet. Depending on the topography it can be very devastating.
Yes, I think most people's notion of a tsunamis was derived from movies; a single vast towering wave that smashes through cities leaving little if any debris in the crystal clear waters. Although the plentiful footage of the horrific Japanese tsunamis in 2011 has probably done as much as anything to correct that notion.
Wow!!! It is Hunga Tonga!!! Based an the first newscasts I checked out, it didn't seem like it. Given the visible shockwave on the satellite feeds, I'm not surprised how far away it was heard/felt. Here in California, Santa Cruz already has some larger waves and flooding at the Marina. It was reported that Monterey had 2ft and LA had 1-2ft waves. I'm in the Delta region, which is also listed in the advisories. But haven't gone out to see if there've been any changes here. 🤦 Hope everyone's ok in the islands. Looked like there was extensive coastal flooding.
Much thanks for the informative update. CNN needs you! ✌️😸
My station in Seattle recorded a pressure jump. Tsunami advisories for the west coast
Your good and knowledgeable! Thanks!
1) congrats for 100.000 subs
2)do you think that this eruption could become a VEI 5??
This explosion was more powerful than the 1883 blast of Anak Krakatau. Think. This volcano is more than 500 Ft under water. And it sent ash into the Mesosphere? WHAT?
The shockwave went into the Caribbean even in our island of Trinidad which was evident with a change in the Atmospheric pressure
Best volcano Chanel 👍 Thank you once again for all the information's
You can see the sound wave manifested as a shock wave traveling outward. amazing
Great response time, thanks for the rapid report!
The pressure wave was noticed at the MSP airport (Minneapolis, Minnesota USA). It erupted around 10PM our time on 1/14 and reached here at 8AM on 1/15.
oh, nice. i live just 15 minutes from the airport.
Thanks so much for the updates. Your videos are so interesting and informative
Last satellite images 15-01-2022 shows the entire centre of the island is gone, just two portions split by seawater. The pictures were taken two hours before the massive blast of today.
By far the most nstructive and informative video on this event. Thank you.
I think there is already satellite imagery from yesterday showing the middle section being gone?
Thanks for the update and Hello 👋 from New Zealand 🇳🇿
I had a dream a few months ago. I was suspended in the air looking down at the earth... I could see the entire continents of North America, Central America, and South America. I saw the origin of a mega tsunami break loose in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and it split into 3 mega tsunamis, all heading east...each several hundred miles long, MASSIVE. One was heading for the West Coast of North America, the middle tsunami heading for Central America, and the 3rd heading towards South America
Let's hope it does not come to pass.
Very intriguing. I had a dream 8 years ago of the moon's position being a lot closer to earth, almost as if you were viewing it through a telescope. It was a deep red color.
Thanks for sharing. Praying for the Islands and those affected by the tsunami.
I live about halfway down the North Island of NZ and yesterday at roughly 6pm we experienced something odd - our north-facing doors/windows shook for about ten minutes yet there was no detectable ground movement/wind was very minimal. Could this have been an effect of the shockwave from the explosion reaching us ~2 hours later? At the time I was very confused as this has never happened before in over a decade in this house & hadn't heard about the most recent eruption yet, but now I am curious if this could be possible?
There's a high chance that was the pressure wave.
Eruption not far from Tonga Trench 2nd deepest 10.88km through Kermadec all the way to Christchurch I'm from Auckland hope everyone safe and my Tongatapu Island 🏝 🙏
I think this happened in Central Christchurch . Windows onto first floor balcony rattled twice and I looked for an earthtremor on Canterbury Quake Live but did not see anything on the drum.
@@MrPeabody67 2 hours for a pressure wave from an eruption to travel from Tonga to NZ? Very much not an expert, but that seems incredibly long.
I wonder if it might not have been an unusual type of ground tremor, related to the explosion/geological aftereffects of it? I think one can get strange combinations/intensities of various ground-waves that might account for the movement of north-facing doors & windows without any tremors detectable via human senses. Just wild layperson speculation on my part, though.
I’d call a priest if I were you…
I love this channel! Always solid info, always to the point, no hype, no drama! ❤
There were constant notices continuously in Japan for all the islands. this was going on until i went to sleep a couple of hours ago, 10:55AM Mountain time.
Great share very informative and interesting. ✌❤
YES! we heard it here in Alaska.
We also had an eruption off the sun yesterday as well
Sorry, but I have a hard time believing that. Alaska is nearly 9000 km away, even Krakatoa's 1883 eruption, famously the loudest sound ever heard by humans, was only audible 5000 km away.
@@Leyrann It is all over social media here in Alaska. Many of us heard it. I understand you skepticism. Keep watching the news. It has been officially reported by the National Weather Service.
The pressure wave from Tonga is the only thing capable of travelling that distance, not the audible part of the eruption. It's most likely to have been pushing sounds from much closer in with it, such as the erupting Aleutian Island volcano. So you may well have been hearing sounds of an eruption, just not the one in Tonga. One of these weird coincidences.
100% respect for the reporters pronunciation in this video! Prayers for everyone effected by this volcanic eruption.💕❤️♥️🙏
이번 쓰나미는 화산 분화의 충격파로 생기는 것이기 때문에, 해일이 오기 전에 해안의 바닷물이 밀려나가는 현상이 일어날 수 없습니다. 1:39 바닷물이 빠져나가면 대피하라는 말에 대해 오해하는 사람이 있을까봐 염려되네요.
Such a great informative report. Thank you!!!!!!
I detected the pressure change on my Weather Station in Adelaide, South Australia, a few hours later a friend reported a pressure change in Perth Western Australia. It was amazing to see. Few reports of rumbles on the eastern side of Australia. The Ash plume from the eruption hit the Eastern side of Australia and was visible on Weather Satellites, as well as an interesting coloured sunrise in Mackay, QLD.
Nice one big dog
I haven't seen any ash @ the gold coast yet... definitely was a volcano 🌋..not a 💣 bomb..
Thanks for the update! It was cool to know about this volcano weeks before from your excellent videos!
Yup 2-3ft tsunami measures in Monterey Bay in California.
No damages (AFAIK) occurred at high tide but it was still below most break walls so nothing really exciting.
Seriously?? That’s my hometown! I’m in LA at the moment and they issued warnings gs and closed all beaches. Crazy!
Where my son and his family live. Dang it. I did get in touch with him, tho', to give him a heads up.
I knew you'd have a good video on this. Thank you.
Here in the Bay Area we are seeing slight flooding in low lying areas throughout the bay (Berkeley Marina, Marin/Sausalito, Santa Cruz, Carmel/Monterey) The mandatory evacuation order went out around 7am and is still in effect as of this comment (10:30 AM ish). Plan ahead for increased traffic around the Bay Bridge and the Richmond bridge and Stay safe everyone DO NOT GO TO THE BEACHES PLS AND TY
Did we hear the shock wave?
Plus it's a Saturday, time to take the dog for a walk day.
@@uptoolate2793 I did not hear anything!! I checked with our local meteorologist who also said that he did not hear anything.
@@lisafulkerson6903 ok. I heard a bizarre noise about the right time that u couldn't explain. It wasn't a gunshot. It was late at night. I don't know the exact time. So i figured if they heard it in Anchorage Alaska, it was possible to hear it on the left coast of the lower 48....
@@uptoolate2793 that might be the case!!! that makes me wanna ask around, but most people i know were asleep :C
The way you handled the naming in the first ten seconds was just purely awesome.