2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2022_Hunga_Tonga–Hunga_Ha'apai_eruption_and_tsunami

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:earthquake gptkb:volcanic_activity
gptkbp:affectedArea	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Fiji gptkb:Japan gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:Samoa gptkb:Tonga gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:ashCloudHeight	58 km
gptkbp:ashFall	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Fiji gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:Samoa gptkb:Tonga
gptkbp:casualties	at least 6
gptkbp:causedBy	submarine volcanic eruption
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Tonga
gptkbp:date	2022-01-15
gptkbp:emergencyServices	gptkb:treaty
gptkbp:eruptionHeight	58 km
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Hunga_Tonga–Hunga_Ha'apai
gptkbp:notableBuilding	buildings in Tonga undersea communication cables
gptkbp:notableFor	global atmospheric effects disruption of communications in Tonga largest volcanic eruption of the 21st century significant ashfall tsunami warnings across Pacific one of the most powerful eruptions since Krakatoa (1883)
gptkbp:powerfulExplosionHeard	as far as Alaska
gptkbp:precededBy	2021 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption
gptkbp:shockwaveCircledEarth	multiple times
gptkbp:tsunami	up to 20 meters
gptkbp:tsunamiReached	gptkb:Pacific_coasts_of_Japan Pacific coasts of Australia Pacific coasts of Chile Pacific coasts of New Zealand Pacific coasts of Peru Pacific coasts of United States
gptkbp:tsunamiWarningIssued	Yes
gptkbp:tsunamiWaveTravelTimeToChile	about 20 hours
gptkbp:tsunamiWaveTravelTimeToJapan	about 8 hours
gptkbp:tsunamiWaveTravelTimeToUSWestCoast	about 12 hours
gptkbp:VEI	5
gptkbp:volcanicOrigin	gptkb:Hunga_Tonga–Hunga_Ha'apai
gptkbp:volcanoType	gptkb:marine phreatoplinian
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Operation_Tonga_Assist
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7