Locals in Tonga had always known it as Maka Lahi, “large rock,” but scientists quickly realized it was much more.

Hidden in the dense greenery of southern Tongatapu, a limestone monolith named Maka Lahi—meaning “Big Rock” in Tongan—has ...

A massive, cliff-top boulder in Tonga reveals a 7,000-year-old mega tsunami, offering new insights for coastal hazard ...

A huge tsunami hit a cliff in Tonga 7000 years ago and carried a 1200-tonne boulder 200 metres inland, making it the biggest ...

A giant boulder in Tonga rode a wave from an ancient tsunami 7,000 years ago. The 1,300-ton rock traveled a distance twice ...

New results suggest that the object was transported inland thousands of years ago when tsunami waves breached a 120-foot ...