Description
Activation time (UTC): 2022-01-15 16:45:00
Event time (UTC): 2022-01-15 06:30:00
Event type: Volcanic activity (Tsunami)
Activation reason:
After the eruption of the underwater volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai located 65km north of Tonga, a tsunami was triggered and affected several islands in the region. The sky was filled with black ash clouds. Damage following the tsunami has been reported from the capital of Tonga, in other areas the damage assessment is ongoing.
Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 0
Grading products: 2
Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.
Contact
Contributors
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre
How to cite
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2022): Volcano eruption in Tonga (2022-01-15). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/2f3a490d-ba24-43b2-a323-15273bba85b3
Keywords
CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR558 Mapping TON Tonga Volcanic activity Rapid Mapping
Data access
All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.
Spatial coverage
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Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2022-01-29
- Modified date
- 2022-01-29
- Issued date
- 2022-01-15
- Landing page
- https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR558
- Language(s)
- English
- Data theme(s)
- Regions and cities, Science and technology
- Update frequency
- unknown
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/2f3a490d-ba24-43b2-a323-15273bba85b3
- Popularity
- 08 Mar 2024: 1 visits