How Taiwan's US$1.4 billion radar detected and tracked China's ballistic missileTaiwan's radar detected China's missile launch shortly after liftoff. This allowed the island to monitor the initial flight and share intel...
Scientists just filmed the goblin shark, a 125-million-year-old "living fossil," alive in the deep Pacific for the first time, expanding what we know about one of the ocean's rarest predatorsA rare goblin shark, a living fossil, has been captured on camera for the first time in its deep-sea home. Marine biologists documented two...
A 2022 volcano eruption in Pacific may have vented a new weapon to fight climate changeA 2022 volcanic eruption unexpectedly revealed a powerful methane destruction mechanism in the stratosphere. Researchers observed high form...
The Tonga Eruption injected water vapour into the stratosphere, temporarily altering global atmospheric chemistryA massive underwater volcano eruption near Tonga in 2022 sent a huge amount of water vapor into the stratosphere. This event, unlike typica...
7.1-magnitude offshore quake hits near Tonga, tsunami warning issuedA 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga, causing tsunami waves and prompting warnings. The quake occurred southeast of Pangai, impacting ...
Moana Pasifika's match against Chiefs relocated to New Zealand due to logistical issuesMoana Pasifika's Super Rugby Pacific match against the Chiefs on March 21, 2025, has been relocated from Tonga to Pukekohe, New Zealand due...
Blinken visits tiny Tonga as US continues diplomatic push to counter China in the PacificBlinken's visit helped highlight the opening of a new U.S. Embassy in Tonga and the return of Peace Corps volunteers following the end of t...
Tonga earthquake: Massive 7.1 magnitude earthquake triggers tsunami warning in American SamoaThe massive earthquake shook the Pacific Ocean around 130 miles southeast of Tonga, and tsunami concerns have been raised for American Samo...
New island surfaces in Pacific Ocean as underwater volcano eruptsThe new island appeared hours after the Home Reef volcano located in the Central Tonga islands started oozing lava and ejecting plumes of s...
Why Tonga is a Special CountryWhen the submarine volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai erupted on Saturday, forming a tsunami whose effects could be felt as far away as the ...
Tsunami observed in American Samoa after Tonga volcano eruptsTsunami waves were observed in Tonga's capital and the capital of American Samoa, a U.S.-based tsunami monitor said. The eruption at 0410 G...
How Asumal became Asaram Bapu: A tongawala's journey from godman to rape convictHe is embroiled in a rape case in Gujarat as well, where two sisters have lodged complaints against him and his son Narayan Sai, accusing t...
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- Strong earthquake hits remote South Pacific area
An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck a remote area of the South Pacific Ocean, 195 km east of the island nation of Tonga.