The largest eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano occurred on January 14th, 2021 at 17:15 local time (2022-01-15 04:14:45 UTC). Preliminary data shows that the event was probably the largest volcanic eruption since the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo. It was so powerful that the shock wave completely circled the globe – multiple times! […]