Large Eruption Near Tonga, Heard in NZ. Tsunami at Tonga and Fiji

Re:Large Eruption Near Tonga, Heard in NZ. Tsunami at Tonga ... by chasd00 on Saturday January 15, 2022 @09:51AM (#29946737)

look like clouds to me but i'm not an expert in satellite imagery. the shockwave implies > the speed of sound so more of an explosion than eruption right?

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Re:Large Eruption Near Tonga, Heard in NZ. Tsunami at Tonga ... by rpeden on Saturday January 15, 2022 @01:40PM (#29948983)

Many eruptions are explosive[1], like Mount St. Helens in 1980. Here's a small explosive eruption where you can see the shockwave and eventually hear it when it hits the ship the cameraperson is on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUREX8aFbMs

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive_eruption

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Re:Large Eruption Near Tonga, Heard in NZ. Tsunami at Tonga ... by vba616 on Sunday January 16, 2022 @01:25AM (#29953884)

I remember seeing on a TV program about an eruption where some people were monitoring a volcano from some miles away at an airport where they thought it was probably safe.

And the comment was made that if the pyroclastic flow reached them, the first they would know about it, at night, was when the runway lights vanished.

Very different from magma gently flowing out.

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