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Events on Saturday 15 January 2022 1
2022Hunga Tonga volcano eruptsThe most powerful eruption in more than a centuryThe Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai volcano erupted on 15 January 2022, sending a plume into the mesosphere and triggering a tsunami across the Pacific. It was the most powerful eruption recorded anywhere in over a century.