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No one by surprise. But what can you do? There are many places people 'shouldn't live' but the odds are in your favor given a short enough timescale.

• awb 5y ago
  To clarify: the timing of the explosion took everyone by surprise, not the fact that it exploded. If there was forewarning I haven’t seen an article about it yet.
  • ceejayoz 5y ago
    It had been erupting since December, including an explosive one two days earlier (https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/459572/underwater-volcano-hunga-tonga-hunga-ha-apai-erupts-again https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/459572/underwater-volcano...) that prompted a tsunami alert. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunga_Tonga#December_2021%E2%80%93January_2022_eruption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunga_Tonga#December_2021%E2%8...
  • thamer 5y ago
    There had been coverage of the eruption between December 29th and January 4th, and landslides due to the island's instability were certainly reported as a possible danger. Among other sources, this was covered extensively by the GeologyHub channel on YouTube which pretty much predicted this collapse.
  • pixl97 5y ago
    Look up the GeologyHub channel on YouTube. He had been warning about the risks of landslides and the explosion risk they cause the day before.