An undersea volcano continues to erupt right on the doorstep of the Tongan capital of Nuku'alofain in the South Pacific, various reports say.
The undersea volcano is sending massive and spectacular plumes of ash and water thousands of feet into the sky just off the coast of Tourist heaven Tonga.
The volcano is just off the island of Tongatapu between the low-lying twin volcanic islands of Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha'apai. Scienitst have rushed to the scene of the explosions and have captured amazing pictures and video of the geological event.
Huge! One of the massive bursts of ash and water."It's a very significant eruption, on quite a large scale," said Keleti Mafi, head of Tongas geological service.
Locals from the capital Nuku'alofain said they have seen the massive plumes exloding out of the ocean some 12 miles off the coast since Wednesday.
Eeager scientists, tourist travellors and other site seers have been clamouring on charter boats out to the Tongatapu volcanic eruption to get a front row saet to mother natures spectacular furty.
Epic eruption. Scientists a few hundred meters from Ocean Zero. Tongatapu undersea volcano produces a massive eruption in the heart of the South Pacific."The plume is bigger than it was this morning when you could have mistaken it for a cloud," Ms Fonua said, "but it's far enough away not to be threatening." Nuku'alofa resident Mary Fonua said
"I saw the begining of the volcano, right before there was a lightning show inside a cloud,there was no sound of thunder. It was 5:30 on Tuesday morning and many of my neighbours were taking pictures and watching it. "
"I called my wife and we both sat by the reef in front of our house before our walk," Jailson from Nuku'alofa wrote online.
During the past three weeks sharp tremors have been felt in Nuku'alofa about twice a week. On Friday, an earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale struck about 20 miles (35 km) from the capital at a depth of nearly 150 km and Tonga officials said the tremors could be related to the erution.
Tonga part of the Pacific 'ring of fire' - an arc of earthquake and volcanic zones stretching from Chile in South America through Alaska and down through Vanuatu to Tonga
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