Peru has demanded compensation and prosecutors ... Repsol previously blamed the leak on unusual waves triggered by a massive volcanic eruption in Tonga, more than 10,000km away.

There are eight volcanoes in southern Peru, but the Ubinas is particularly active with eruptions “every 5 or 6 years, Mariño explained. Peru is located in the so-called ”Pacific Ring of Fire ...

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo declared an environmental emergency after an oil spill from high waves caused by the Tonga volcanic eruption contaminated several beaches. Photo: Martin Mejia ...

It is believed to be the biggest volcanic eruption in the world in three decades. It claimed at least three lives in Tonga and resulted in the drowning deaths of two beachgoers in Peru after freak ...

New study suggests rise of ancient city Tiwanaku coincided with major volcanic event in Lake Titicaca Basin's vicinity ...

Peru declared an environmental emergency to battle an oil spill caused by freak waves from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific. The stunningly powerful eruption last Saturday of an undersea ...

Peru's tsunami authority said there was no need to alarm the population Two people have died in Peru this weekend as a consequence of the eruption of a volcano in Tonga which resulted in a strong ...

For example, in January 2022, an extremely powerful eruption of the Hunga underwater volcano in the Tonga archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean triggered a tsunami that caused an estimated $90 ...

Tsunamis hurtled outward, engulfing villages in Tonga’s low-lying islands and crashing into shorelines as far away as Peru. It was one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions ever recorded.

On the 14th of January, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano began a gigantic eruption that would go on to peak in ferocity the next day. The uninhabited island volcano would quickly make ...