The volcanic eruption that discharged near Tonga in January – which caused destruction to the nation and was felt by other countries along the Pacific Ocean – was one of the most powerful eruptions in the last century and reached to the edge of space, new research revealed. .
Not only was it one of the largest disturbances in space, but also on Earth, as a separate study published in the journal Science on Thursday said the Hunga eruption was the most powerful volcanic eruption since the Krakatoa eruption in 1883
The Krakatoa eruption off the Indonesian islands in 1883 is one of the deadliest volcanic eruptions in history, as over 36,000 people were killed.
Researchers compared the two eruptions by measuring the behavior of Lamb waves, which are the most dominant atmospheric pressure waves created by volcanic eruptions