“Underwater Volcano Eruption Disrupts Space Radio Communications and GPS Signals”

JAKARTA – A study revealed how many underwater volcanic eruptions last year produced plasma waves that disrupted radio communications in outer space.

Reporting from Space, the underwater volcanic eruption caused satellite and GPS interference on earth.

“In January 2022, the Horna Tonga-Hunga Haapai volcano which is located near the 169 islands of the Kingdom of Tonga, in the South Pacific, erupted with a powerful explosion,” wrote the page, quoted Tuesday (23/5/2023).

The explosion generated hot clouds up to 35 miles (57 kilometers) across, and triggered a tsunami as far away as the Caribbean.

Overall, the eruption was the most powerful natural explosion in over a century, rivaling the might of the largest US nuclear bomb.

Previous research found that the atmospheric waves from the volcanic eruption were strong enough to disrupt the ionosphere, one of the highest layers of Earth’s atmosphere, which extends from an altitude of about 50 miles to 620 miles (80 to 1,000 km).

“Solar radiation energizes the molecules and atoms there to produce the electrically charged ions that provide this layer,” he explained.