A major earthquake has rattled Tonga, an archipelago nation in the South Pacific Ocean that comprises some 170 islands. The U.S. Geological Survey estimated the 7.0 magnitude quake struck roughly ...

The 2022 underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai eruption, one of the most powerful in modern history, reached all the way into the atmosphere and beyond — shaking space as far up as satellites ...

Research on Tonga's devastating 2022 Hunga eruption has just been published in the journal Nature Geoscience. "Submarine volcanism has previously been overlooked in global climate studies ...

Tonga owes over $100 million to China. Debt-for-nature swaps could be a win-win solution to a looming debt crisis.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A strong 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga, prompting an initial tsunami warning that was later lifted for the Pacific island country. The U.S. Geological Survey ...

Tonga's 171 islands are located in the South Pacific, between Australia and Fiji, and ruled by King Taufa'ahua Tupou IV. Tonga has sold passports for as much as US$60,000, and it seriously ...

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano blasted gas and ash 30 miles into the atmosphere, it definitely made waves. The question is, what kind? The eruption may have been the largest in a half ...

"Handre will play this weekend [against Tonga in Marseille next Sunday], but let's see how he does the other stuff in the game," South Africa's director of rugby Erasmus said on Sunday.