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Tonga eruption was 'hundreds of times' more powerful than Hiroshima atomic bomb, NASA says

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By Rhea Mogul and Alex Stambaugh, CNN The eruption this month of an underwater volcano near Tonga was hundreds of times more powerful than the Hiroshima atomic bomb, according to NASA. Jim Garvin, chief scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, said the eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’ap…

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  1. Digital Journal

    Tonga eruption equivalent to hundreds of Hiroshimas: NASA (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    The Tonga volcanic eruption unleashed explosive forces that dwarfed the power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

  2. CBS News

    Tonga eruption equivalent to hundreds of Hiroshimas, NASA says (opens CBS News)

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    The scale of the destruction from the January 15 undersea eruption was still unclear since communications with remote islands were knocked out.

  3. CNN

    Tonga eruption was 'hundreds of times' more powerful than Hiroshima atomic bomb (opens CNN)

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    The eruption this month of an underwater volcano near Tonga was hundreds of times more powerful than the Hiroshima atomic bomb, according to NASA.

  4. Local News 8

    Tonga eruption was 'hundreds of times' more powerful than Hiroshima atomic bomb, NASA says (opens Local News 8)

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    By Rhea Mogul and Alex Stambaugh, CNN The eruption this month of an underwater volcano near Tonga was hundreds of times more powerful than the Hiroshima atomic bomb, according to NASA. Jim Garvin, chief scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, said the eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’ap…

  5. Deseret News

    Tonga volcano was bigger than Hiroshima bombing, NASA says (opens Deseret News)

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    Deseret News's feed description

    The Tonga volcanic eruption was massive. We are learning how massive it was.

  6. NBC News

    Tonga volcano blast hundreds of times more powerful than Hiroshima, NASA says (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The undersea volcano that erupted near Tonga earlier this month was "hundreds of times" more powerful than the Hiroshima nuclear explosion, according to NASA.

  7. Live Science

    Tonga eruption equivalent to 'hundreds of Hiroshima bombs,' NASA says (opens Live Science)

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    Live Science's feed description

    The eruption was so powerful that researchers need to invent a whole new classification for it.

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