Nuclear-test monitor calls Tonga volcano blast "biggest thing that we've ever seen"

An infrasound station in Antarctica, designed to detect nuclear weapons tests. The Tonga eruption was so powerful that it was picked up on the remote continent.

A station to detect nuclear weapons tests picked up the volcanic eruption in Tonga in Antarctica. Some experts say blast could be more than 50 megatons, while NASA estimates 10 megatons.

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