The world's newest volcanic island rose above sea level on September 10th in the nation of Tonga. This occurred not due to the eruption of Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai, but rather a shallow submarine volcano known as Home Reef. Within a matter of 12 hours, a new volcanic island has rose above the ocean surface. The island has now grown to more than 200 meters wide, and is continuing to expand. In all likelihood, this new island will remain for some time because it is made out of lava instead of ash.

GPS Coordinates of the Home Reef volcano: 18.992°S, 174.775°W

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Graphics of eruption dates are courtesy of the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/
Images with a list of eruption dates have their dates sourced from the GVP of the Smithsonian Institution.

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Thumbnail Photo Credit: NOAA, Colorized with hotspot.ai commercial license credits

Sources:
[1] Tonga Geological Services
[2] NASA Worldview, EOSDIS Worldview, Terra / Modis, NOAA-20 / VIIRS
[3] Global Volcanism Program, 2013. Volcanoes of the World, v. 4.11.2 (02 Sep 2022). Venzke, E (ed.). Smithsonian Institution. Downloaded 13 Sep 2022. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW4-2013.
[4] Global Volcanism Program, 2013. Home Reef (243080) in Volcanoes of the World, v. 4.11.2 (02 Sep 2022). Venzke, E (ed.). Smithsonian Institution. Downloaded 13 Sep 2022 (https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=243080). https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW4-2013
[5] Global Volcanism Program, 1984. Report on Home Reef (Tonga) (McClelland, L., ed.). Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin, 9:2. Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.SEAN198402-243080

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0:00 A New Eruption in Tonga
0:50 Growth of the New Island
1:45 A Long Eruption
2:07 Not an Explosive Eruption
3:48 Pumice Rafts
4:09 Conclusion

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