Atmospheric waves and global seismoacoustic observations of the January 2022 Hunga eruption, Tonga

Robin S. Matoza; David Fee; Jelle D. Assink; Alexandra M. Iezzi; David N. Green; Keehoon Kim; Liam Toney; Thomas Lecocq; Siddharth Krishnamoorthy; Jean Marie Lalande; Kiwamu Nishida; Kent L. Gee; Matthew M. Haney; Hugo D. Ortiz; Quentin Brissaud; Léo Martire; Lucie Rolland; Panagiotis Vergados; Alexandra Nippress; Junghyun Park; Shahar Shani-Kadmiel; Alex Witsil; Stephen Arrowsmith; Corentin Caudron; Shingo Watada; Anna B. Perttu; Benoit Taisne; Pierrick Mialle; Alexis Le Pichon; Julien Vergoz; Patrick Hupe; Philip S. Blom; Roger Waxler; Silvio De Angelis; Jonathan B. Snively; Adam T. Ringler; Robert E. Anthony; Arthur D. Jolly; Geoff Kilgour; Gil Averbuch; Maurizio Ripepe; Mie Ichihara; Alejandra Arciniega-Ceballos; Elvira Astafyeva; Lars Ceranna; Sandrine Cevuard; Il Young Che; Rodrigo De Negri; Carl W. Ebeling; Läslo G. Evers; Luis E. Franco-Marin; Thomas B. Gabrielson; Katrin Hafner; R. Giles Harrison; Attila Komjathy; Giorgio Lacanna; John Lyons; Kenneth A. Macpherson; Emanuele Marchetti; Kathleen F. McKee; Robert J. Mellors; Gerardo Mendo-Pérez; T. Dylan Mikesell; Edhah Munaibari; Mayra Oyola-Merced; Iseul Park; Christoph Pilger; Cristina Ramos; Mario C. Ruiz; Roberto Sabatini; Hans F. Schwaiger; Dorianne Tailpied; Carrick Talmadge; Jérôme Vidot; Jeremy Webster; David C. Wilson

doi:10.1126/science.abo7063

Atmospheric waves and global seismoacoustic observations of the January 2022 Hunga eruption, Tonga

Robin S. Matoza^*, David Fee, Jelle D. Assink, Alexandra M. Iezzi, David N. Green, Keehoon Kim, Liam Toney, Thomas Lecocq, Siddharth Krishnamoorthy, Jean Marie Lalande, Kiwamu Nishida, Kent L. Gee, Matthew M. Haney, Hugo D. Ortiz, Quentin Brissaud, Léo Martire, Lucie Rolland, Panagiotis Vergados, Alexandra Nippress, Junghyun ParkShahar Shani-Kadmiel, Alex Witsil, Stephen Arrowsmith, Corentin Caudron, Shingo Watada, Anna B. Perttu, Benoit Taisne, Pierrick Mialle, Alexis Le Pichon, Julien Vergoz, Patrick Hupe, Philip S. Blom, Roger Waxler, Silvio De Angelis, Jonathan B. Snively, Adam T. Ringler, Robert E. Anthony, Arthur D. Jolly, Geoff Kilgour, Gil Averbuch, Maurizio Ripepe, Mie Ichihara, Alejandra Arciniega-Ceballos, Elvira Astafyeva, Lars Ceranna, Sandrine Cevuard, Il Young Che, Rodrigo De Negri, Carl W. Ebeling, Läslo G. Evers, Luis E. Franco-Marin, Thomas B. Gabrielson, Katrin Hafner, R. Giles Harrison, Attila Komjathy, Giorgio Lacanna, John Lyons, Kenneth A. Macpherson, Emanuele Marchetti, Kathleen F. McKee, Robert J. Mellors, Gerardo Mendo-Pérez, T. Dylan Mikesell, Edhah Munaibari, Mayra Oyola-Merced, Iseul Park, Christoph Pilger, Cristina Ramos, Mario C. Ruiz, Roberto Sabatini, Hans F. Schwaiger, Dorianne Tailpied, Carrick Talmadge, Jérôme Vidot, Jeremy Webster, David C. Wilson

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Abstract

The 15 January 2022 climactic eruption of Hunga volcano, Tonga, produced an explosion in the atmosphere of a size that has not been documented in the modern geophysical record. The event generated a broad range of atmospheric waves observed globally by various ground-based and spaceborne instrumentation networks. Most prominent was the surface-guided Lamb wave (≲0.01 hertz), which we observed propagating for four (plus three antipodal) passages around Earth over 6 days. As measured by the Lamb wave amplitudes, the climactic Hunga explosion was comparable in size to that of the 1883 Krakatau eruption. The Hunga eruption produced remarkable globally detected infrasound (0.01 to 20 hertz), long-range (~10,000 kilometers) audible sound, and ionospheric perturbations. Seismometers worldwide recorded pure seismic and air-to-ground coupled waves. Air-to-sea coupling likely contributed to fast-arriving tsunamis. Here, we highlight exceptional observations of the atmospheric waves.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	95-100
Number of pages	6
Journal	Science
Volume	377
Issue number	6601
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abo7063
Publication status	Published - Jul 1 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Matoza, R. S., Fee, D., Assink, J. D., Iezzi, A. M., Green, D. N., Kim, K., Toney, L., Lecocq, T., Krishnamoorthy, S., Lalande, J. M., Nishida, K., Gee, K. L., Haney, M. M., Ortiz, H. D., Brissaud, Q., Martire, L., Rolland, L., Vergados, P., Nippress, A., ... Wilson, D. C. (2022). Atmospheric waves and global seismoacoustic observations of the January 2022 Hunga eruption, Tonga. Science, 377(6601), 95-100. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abo7063

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