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Washington — The powerful January 15 underwater eruption of Tonga’s Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the South Pacific produced a plume that soared higher into Earth’s atmosphere than any other on record – about 57 km – as it extended more than halfway to space, researchers said on Thursday....

![The eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai triggered a tsunami warning for several South Pacific island nations, January 15, 2022. [photo: CIRA/ NOAA] Tonga volcano from space](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tonga_volcano_from_space_web.jpg?itok=ngHuzHc0)