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The biggest volcanic eruption of the twenty-first century occurred in January; it occurred in Tonga. A small nation with 170 islands, Tonga is located in the Pacific Ocean. Fortunately, no one lives on the island where this volcano erupted. And the volcano was underwater.

However, the volcano's intensity was so great that it is estimated to have been more than a hundred times stronger than the nuclear bomb that exploded on Hiroshima. It generated shock waves that traveled up to a great distance, causing tsunamis in Peru and Japan. When this tsunami occurred, a big oil tanker had just finished unloading at an oil refinery in Peru, a country in South America. It resulted in a massive oil disaster. A total of 11 thousand 9 hundred barrels of oil leaked into the water. Not only was there oil waste, but the water also posed a threat to fish and other aquatic life. As a result, the Peruvian government issued a 90-day environmental emergency.