Amazing footage of the volcano erupting near Tonga on the news tonight.
Did anyone see it?
Eruption
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jamie
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awww i wana see it... which news had it?
ok i found it on TVNZ and 3 but TVNZ was waaaay better. Wow that thing is awesome. I wonder how deep the crater is under water to be pushing ash and all the other crap up that high out of the water.
ok i found it on TVNZ and 3 but TVNZ was waaaay better. Wow that thing is awesome. I wonder how deep the crater is under water to be pushing ash and all the other crap up that high out of the water.
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reminded me of the last Ruapehu eruption....for colour and type of material coming out....interesting!
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A major earthquake struck near Tonga this morn. The preliminary measure is mag 7.9. A tsunami warning was issued for Tonga, Samoa and Fiji. The epicenter was located 210 km SSE of the capitol. The submarine volcano, which has been exploding for several days now, is just 12 km from the capitol. The quake is not directly connected with the eruption, but it could certainly influence the behaviour it!
Nice Photo Gallery here of the eruption from the New York Times.
Nice Photo Gallery here of the eruption from the New York Times.
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Very impressive video !!! 
A shame it didn't happen when I was there in October !
A shame it didn't happen when I was there in October !
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jamie
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was out at muriwai and piha today on a field trip and lol and on our way out on the radio we hear the threat of a tsunami. Was a bit of excitment when we heard this hahahaa. Although if there was one we all new it would not be big as we were on the wrong side but there still would have some sea level rise.