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That's the best one. Incredible. To imagine that Tonga is practically right at ground zero. Anyone know how this measures in megatonnes?

quakeguy 5y ago
100-160 Mt i saw rumored on Twitter.
- AtlasBarfed 5y ago
  Is my wikipedia-ing correct? Krakatoa was 200 Mt?
beamatronic 5y ago
Are the Tongans okay?
- awb 5y ago
  No injuries reported, but communication is intermittent. https://news.yahoo.com/tonga-issues-tsunami-warning-undersea-065830694.html https://news.yahoo.com/tonga-issues-tsunami-warning-undersea... > There were no immediate reports of injuries or the extent of the damage because all internet connectivity with Tonga was lost at about 6:40 p.m. local time — about 10 minutes after problems began, said Doug Madory, director of internet analysis for the network intelligence firm Kentik. > Tonga gets its internet via an undersea cable from Suva, Fiji, which presumably was damaged. The company that manages that connection, Southern Cross Cable Network, could not immediately be reached for comment. There are social media posts of the tsunami though which I believe are from Tonga. So folks at the shoreline were presumably fine enough to record and post video somehow. Tsunami: https://twitter.com/dwnews/status/1482331481607311360 https://twitter.com/dwnews/status/1482331481607311360 Eruption: https://youtu.be/Eu8V_WADjCw https://youtu.be/Eu8V_WADjCw I’d be worried about anyone on an airplane near there, but I guess it’s not a highly trafficked route.
  - aatharuv 5y ago
    I wonder how these social media posts were being uploaded due to a loss of internet connectivity. Satellite internet, or has internet been restored already?
    - awb 5y ago
      If the undersea cable was damaged I doubt it was repaired that quickly. I’m guessing satellite Internet.
    - iam-TJ 5y ago
      Last time the undersea fibre optic cables (international and local) were broken (2019-2020) [0] a Kacific [1] K-band satellite emergency link was installed for and by the Tonga ISP EziNet [2] and others. (the 2019 break was caused by a Turkish oil tanker prematurely dropping anchor in a restricted zone [3]) "DS Venture Ltd (DSV) was the owner of the Duzgit Venture. On 20 January 2019, as the vessel approached the Port of Nuku'alofa, its starboard anchor and chain were prematurely released from their housing. As the anchor and chain were winched back in, they caught and damaged a cable. The cable was one of two undersea communications cables owned by Tonga Cable Ltd (TCL) connecting Nuku'alofa, Ha'apai, and Vava'u with Fiji. As a result of damage to the cable, Tonga was without cable telecommunications for almost three weeks. " [0] https://samoanews.com/regional/tonga-cable-break-located-repair-ship-being-loaded https://samoanews.com/regional/tonga-cable-break-located-rep... [1] https://kacific.com/ https://kacific.com/ [2] https://matangitonga.to/2019/01/26/geek-heroes-rescue-tonga-worst%20case https://matangitonga.to/2019/01/26/geek-heroes-rescue-tonga-... [3] https://cmlcmidatabase.org/ezinet-ltd-v-ds-venture-ltd https://cmlcmidatabase.org/ezinet-ltd-v-ds-venture-ltd
  - vba616 5y ago
    >I’d be worried about anyone on an airplane near there, but I guess it’s not a highly trafficked route. I was curious whether Fua'amotu International Airport is a stop on flights going elsewhere but I wasn't able to come up with a good search. It sounds like it could be: "The air field was constructed by Seabees of the 1st Construction Battalion with assistance and labor of the U. S. Army 147th Infantry Regiment. It was intended as a World War II heavy bomber field, and had three coral-surfaced runways. In the late 1970s, it was expanded to permit jet aircraft to use the runways. Fuaʻamotu is now suitable for up to Boeing 767 size aircraft, but remains closed to larger jets (e.g. Boeing 747s)."
awb 5y ago
Here’s video with the sound of the eruption (loudest to faintest): https://twitter.com/205mph/status/1482262486535573507 https://twitter.com/205mph/status/1482262486535573507 https://twitter.com/Rony_banchero/status/1482440640755556359 https://twitter.com/Rony_banchero/status/1482440640755556359 https://twitter.com/MrCombs679/status/1482241296135688194 https://twitter.com/MrCombs679/status/1482241296135688194
- dredmorbius 5y ago
  https://nitter.kavin.rocks/205mph/status/1482262486535573507 https://nitter.kavin.rocks/205mph/status/1482262486535573507 https://nitter.kavin.rocks/Rony_banchero/status/1482440640755556359 https://nitter.kavin.rocks/Rony_banchero/status/148244064075... https://nitter.kavin.rocks/MrCombs679/status/1482241296135688194 https://nitter.kavin.rocks/MrCombs679/status/148224129613568...

quakeguy 5y ago

100-160 Mt i saw rumored on Twitter.

AtlasBarfed 5y ago
Is my wikipedia-ing correct? Krakatoa was 200 Mt?

beamatronic 5y ago

Are the Tongans okay?

awb 5y ago
No injuries reported, but communication is intermittent. https://news.yahoo.com/tonga-issues-tsunami-warning-undersea-065830694.html https://news.yahoo.com/tonga-issues-tsunami-warning-undersea... > There were no immediate reports of injuries or the extent of the damage because all internet connectivity with Tonga was lost at about 6:40 p.m. local time — about 10 minutes after problems began, said Doug Madory, director of internet analysis for the network intelligence firm Kentik. > Tonga gets its internet via an undersea cable from Suva, Fiji, which presumably was damaged. The company that manages that connection, Southern Cross Cable Network, could not immediately be reached for comment. There are social media posts of the tsunami though which I believe are from Tonga. So folks at the shoreline were presumably fine enough to record and post video somehow. Tsunami: https://twitter.com/dwnews/status/1482331481607311360 https://twitter.com/dwnews/status/1482331481607311360 Eruption: https://youtu.be/Eu8V_WADjCw https://youtu.be/Eu8V_WADjCw I’d be worried about anyone on an airplane near there, but I guess it’s not a highly trafficked route.
- aatharuv 5y ago
  I wonder how these social media posts were being uploaded due to a loss of internet connectivity. Satellite internet, or has internet been restored already?
  - awb 5y ago
    If the undersea cable was damaged I doubt it was repaired that quickly. I’m guessing satellite Internet.
  - iam-TJ 5y ago
    Last time the undersea fibre optic cables (international and local) were broken (2019-2020) [0] a Kacific [1] K-band satellite emergency link was installed for and by the Tonga ISP EziNet [2] and others. (the 2019 break was caused by a Turkish oil tanker prematurely dropping anchor in a restricted zone [3]) "DS Venture Ltd (DSV) was the owner of the Duzgit Venture. On 20 January 2019, as the vessel approached the Port of Nuku'alofa, its starboard anchor and chain were prematurely released from their housing. As the anchor and chain were winched back in, they caught and damaged a cable. The cable was one of two undersea communications cables owned by Tonga Cable Ltd (TCL) connecting Nuku'alofa, Ha'apai, and Vava'u with Fiji. As a result of damage to the cable, Tonga was without cable telecommunications for almost three weeks. " [0] https://samoanews.com/regional/tonga-cable-break-located-repair-ship-being-loaded https://samoanews.com/regional/tonga-cable-break-located-rep... [1] https://kacific.com/ https://kacific.com/ [2] https://matangitonga.to/2019/01/26/geek-heroes-rescue-tonga-worst%20case https://matangitonga.to/2019/01/26/geek-heroes-rescue-tonga-... [3] https://cmlcmidatabase.org/ezinet-ltd-v-ds-venture-ltd https://cmlcmidatabase.org/ezinet-ltd-v-ds-venture-ltd
- vba616 5y ago
  >I’d be worried about anyone on an airplane near there, but I guess it’s not a highly trafficked route. I was curious whether Fua'amotu International Airport is a stop on flights going elsewhere but I wasn't able to come up with a good search. It sounds like it could be: "The air field was constructed by Seabees of the 1st Construction Battalion with assistance and labor of the U. S. Army 147th Infantry Regiment. It was intended as a World War II heavy bomber field, and had three coral-surfaced runways. In the late 1970s, it was expanded to permit jet aircraft to use the runways. Fuaʻamotu is now suitable for up to Boeing 767 size aircraft, but remains closed to larger jets (e.g. Boeing 747s)."

awb 5y ago

Here’s video with the sound of the eruption (loudest to faintest): https://twitter.com/205mph/status/1482262486535573507 https://twitter.com/205mph/status/1482262486535573507 https://twitter.com/Rony_banchero/status/1482440640755556359 https://twitter.com/Rony_banchero/status/1482440640755556359 https://twitter.com/MrCombs679/status/1482241296135688194 https://twitter.com/MrCombs679/status/1482241296135688194

dredmorbius 5y ago
https://nitter.kavin.rocks/205mph/status/1482262486535573507 https://nitter.kavin.rocks/205mph/status/1482262486535573507 https://nitter.kavin.rocks/Rony_banchero/status/1482440640755556359 https://nitter.kavin.rocks/Rony_banchero/status/148244064075... https://nitter.kavin.rocks/MrCombs679/status/1482241296135688194 https://nitter.kavin.rocks/MrCombs679/status/148224129613568...