2022 Hunga-Tonga Eruption Triggered Fast And Destructive Submarine Volcanic Flows

In 2022, the eruption of the submerged Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha apai volcano triggered a fast-moving and destructive underwater debris flow that severed telecommunication cables and reshaped the surrounding seafloor.

The findings – representing some of the first fieldwork to document what happens when large volumes of erupted...