Tonga eruption dwarfed the power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, NASA says
The Tonga volcanic eruption unleashed explosive forces that dwarfed the power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, NASA scientists have actually said, as survivors on Monday explained how the devastating Pacific blast “messed up our brains.” We believe the amount of energy released by the eruption was equivalent to someplace in between five to 30 megatons
